Pope Benedict, conservative whose resignation shattered tradition, dies at 95 ...Middle East

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Former pope Benedict XVI, who roughly a decade ago became the first pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church to resign in nearly 600 years, died Saturday at his home in Vatican City. He was 95. The Holy See said Benedict's health had worsened because of old age. He was being closely monitored by doctors at his home, a former monastery in Vatican City. Benedict leaves behind a complicated legacy. His papacy was hounded by child abuse scandals in the church, and he himself faced accusations that he failed to address those allegations while he was an archbishop. Yet he was credited for making way for his successor, the more liberally minded Pope Francis, to transition the Catholic Churc

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