Sources: The Telegraph
Archbishop Georg Gänswein who is Pope Benedict XVI's personal secretary since 2003 interviews with EWTN's German television branch on the occasion of the emeritus pope's 90th birthday. 2017-04-16
Pope Francis visits Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI before celebrating his first Christmas Mass. 2013-12-24
Pope Benedict XVI completes his last day of work before he starts his retirement. 2013-02-28
Pope Benedict XVI gives his farewell address at the Vatican City. 2013-02-27
The Vatican announces Pope Benedict XVI will send a delegation to Damascus to "express his brotherly solidarity with the entire population". [http:--staff.blogs.aljazeera.com-topic-syria-pope-benedict-xvi-will-send-delegation-syrian-capital-express-his-brotherly-solidarity (Al Jazeera)]date=August 2019 2012-10-16
Pope Benedict XVI appoints bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone ninth Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco 2012-07-27
Hundreds of Coptic Christians protest in Alexandria and Cairo and shout slogans against Hosni Mubarak's rule following the church bombing, where some people held mass. Egyptian media warns of civil war and increasing sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims, and Pope Benedict XVI publicly condemns the bombing. 2011-01-2
Pope Benedict XVI appoints Archbishop Velasio de Paolis to lead the Legion of Christ following the previous head who had engaged in child sex abuse and a number of other crimes throughout his career. 2010-07-9
Homosexuality is to blame for paedophilia, according to Vatican Secretary of State and the Pope's Deputy, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, speaking today at a news conference in Chile. 2010-04-12
Pope Benedict XVI issues a statement after a two-day meeting with all Irish bishops in the Vatican, including labelling paedophilia a "heinous crime", but his nuncio refuses to appear before an inquiry in Dáil Éireann. 2010-02-16