This handout photo taken on October 6, 2023 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan on October 20 shows Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito (L) and Empress Emerita Michiko posing for a photo at the Akasaka imperial property residence in Tokyo. (Photo by Hiro Komae / Imperial Household Agency / AFP

From Edward VIII to Emperor Akihito: famous abdications

Following the announcement by Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II of her plans to relinquish the throne, AFP looks at other memorable abdications over the past century: – King Edward VIII: for…

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Pope Francis sits by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI St. Peter’s Square during a funeral mass at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Medichini)

Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope

  • January 5, 2023
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With bells tolling, tens of thousands of faithful, political leaders and the pope himself mourned Benedict XVI, the German theologian who made history by resigning the papacy, at a rare…

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FILE / Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI gestures at Munich Airport before his departure to Rome, June 22, 2020 / REUTERS

Ex-Pope Benedict acknowledges ‘errors’ but no blame in abuse handling, seeks forgiveness

  • February 9, 2022
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters)  Former Pope Benedict on Tuesday acknowledged that errors occurred in handling sexual abuse cases when he was Archbishop of Munich and asked for forgiveness, as his lawyers argued he was…

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