FILE - This Oct. 19, 2014 file photo shows Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has said he hopes to soon join a beloved professor friend in “the afterlife,” in a sign that the 94-year-old retired pontiff is not only preparing for his death but welcoming it. Benedict penned an Oct. 2 letter to a German priest, thanking him for letting him know of the passing of the Rev. Gerhard Winkler, a Cistercian priest and colleague of Benedict. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, FILE)
Former pope Benedict XVI failed to act in four child abuse cases when he was archbishop of Munich, according to an investigation in Germany.
Pope Francis meets with retired Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican April 15, 2019.
