Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the first to retire from the papacy in over 600 years, died at 95 years old on Saturday morning at 9:34 AM at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City.
The Vatican made the announcement in a statement released to the press and on multiple social media platforms.
“With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican.
Further information will be provided as soon as possible.” pic.twitter.com/O5dxoPaVkT
— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) December 31, 2022
The New York Post adds:
Benedict XVI’s body will lie in state at Saint Peter’s Basilica beginning on Jan. 2.
The funeral service for Pope Emeritus is scheduled to take place in St. Peter’s Square on Jan. 5.
Pope Francis will preside over the funeral.
As you can imagine, the death of a pope is an excuse for the worst sorts of people to behave in the worst sorts of ways, to spew their hatred that they claim is enlightenment, to celebrate their perversions as virtues, and cast the Pope’s virtues as sins.
And of course, they use misinformation, half-truths, and twisting of the facts to do it.
None more so than “queer” activists. I warn you now that the tweets you are about to see are vile and offensive. If you do not wish to see terrible things I suggest not scrolling further. I’ve added some space below if you wish to avoid.
You may be familiar already with one of the worst people online, Alejandra Caraballo, who is a “queer activist”, trans activist, and “online safety expert” cited by the MSM constantly, repeatedly retweeted and praised by the MSNBC set. She’s also an alleged journalist who teaches at Harvard.
She/It also happens to be a serial liar with zero ethics who spreads hate and disinformation. And oh yeah, goes to congress to testify where Dems lavish her with praise while she lies to their faces.
So this? Not a surprise. But vile anyway.
Pope Benedict helped cover up the biggest systematic sexual abuse of children in history. Good riddance. https://t.co/0uucQxvcVZ pic.twitter.com/YOGpvG7ElZ
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 31, 2022
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 31, 2022
The online safety expert who testified to congress about how bad it is to have hateful tweets inspired plenty of that in her replies.
2022 delivering the goods. A dead queen and now, just scraping in, a dead Pope. Any other last minute gifts?
— Kiwi's Left Wing | شون 🏳️🌈 (@AntifashKiwi) December 31, 2022
Sadly they were not alone in being scum.
Oh, Nazi Pope is dead? Peace out you rat fuck. Truly the worst of the worst.
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) December 31, 2022
Oversaw the coverup of pedophile priests who raped kids.
Bye Felicia. https://t.co/QighlTAhLj
— (((Evan Shapiro))) (@eshap) December 31, 2022
He taught me it was okay to enable and cover up decades of systemic child abuse. Rest in power, king. https://t.co/fQxkYd3Zjz
— Guy Endore-Kaiser (@GuyEndoreKaiser) December 31, 2022
Look at all the rainbow flags. So much for tolerance and love and compassion and opposing hate, I guess.
Sorry you had to see that, but it had to be called out.
In any case, I would just like to add my own RIP to the late Pope. I’m not a Catholic, but it’s a beautiful denomination and religious tradition for which I have deep respect.