{"id":533727,"date":"2023-01-02T01:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T22:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvis-final-words-before-death-revealed\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T01:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T22:24:20","slug":"pope-emeritus-benedict-xvis-final-words-before-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvis-final-words-before-death-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI&#8217;s final words before death revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2409ef105d8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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death on New Year\u2019s Eve. <\/p>\n<p>The nurse recalled Benedict making the short statement at about 3 a.m. before he died later that morning, Gaenswein said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBenedict XVI, with a faint voice but in a very distinct way, said in Italian, \u2018Lord, I love you,\u2019\u201d Gaenswein told the Vatican\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t there in that moment, but the nurse a little later recounted it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were his last comprehensible words, because afterwards, he wasn\u2019t able to express himself any more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaenswin, a German prelate, lived in the Vatican monastery where Benedict resided after he retired from the post in 2013.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/benedict-last-words-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies at the Monastero Mater Ecclesia on January 01, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican.\" class=\"wp-image-25204885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/benedict-last-words-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/benedict-last-words-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/benedict-last-words-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies at the Monastero Mater Ecclesia in Vatican City.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Vatican reported that Pope Francis paid his respects right after Gaenswein called to inform him that Benedict had died a little after 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Francis prayed for Benedict\u2019s passage to heaven and expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciation for his service as head of the Catholic Church that lasted eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we entrust to our Blessed Mother our beloved Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, so that she may accompany him in his passage from this world to God,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/benedict-last-words-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A view of the convent of Mater Ecclesiae, the residence of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.\" class=\"wp-image-25204900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/benedict-last-words-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/benedict-last-words-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/benedict-last-words-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A view of the convent of Mater Ecclesiae, the residence of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Benedict\u2019s coffin will be viewed for three days starting Monday with no fewer than 25,000 to 30,000 mourners expected that day, said Rome Prefect Bruno Frattasi, an Interior Ministry official to Italian state television.<\/p>\n<p>His body lay on a burgundy-colored bier in the chapel of the monastery where he lived in retirement. <\/p>\n<p><em>With 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