It is exactly six years ago that the then-Pope Benedict XVI left the Vatican. It came after the historical announcement of his resignation. <\/p>\n
BENEDICT XVI<\/strong> On the day Benedict XVI left the papal apartments, he was greeted with around of applause from the bishops and Vatican employees. <\/p>\n He was then escorted to a helicopter within the Vatican Gardens where he was flown to the papal apartments in Castel Gandolfo. It was there that he gave his last speech as pope. <\/p>\n BENEDICT XVI<\/strong> Since then, Benedict XVI has resided in a former monastery within the Vatican Gardens. He also took the name of pope emeritus to show he is no longer the Bishop of Rome; and often receives visits from Pope Francis as well as other friends.<\/p>\n ------<\/p>\n The resignation of Pope Benedict was an extraordinary event in the history of the Catholic Church. From the moment he made this decision, to the helicopter flight that air-lifted him out of the Vatican, questions arose: Why did he do it? February 28, 2019. It was on Feb. 28 and he was flown by helicopter out of the Vatican Gardens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lVOx_skw8mA","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/banniversariob16eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/banniversariob16int.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cDue to an advanced age, I am no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cI am no longer the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, or I will be until 8:00 this evening and then no longer. I am simply a pilgrim beginning the last leg of his pilgrimage on this earth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWatch the documentary 'Benedict XVI - In honor of the Truth<\/a> ' on Rome Reports Premium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"