On February 10, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI issued the stunning declaration that he intended to resign from his post as head of the Catholic Church at the end of the month. The move was virtually ...

COMMENTARY: The corpus of Benedict’s general audiences stand as a witness to his catechetical mastery. Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful upon arrival for his weekly general audience on April 6, 2011 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the Bavarian-born theologian whose conservative Roman Catholicism earned him the nickname “God’s ...

Pope Benedict XVI, the bookish conservative pillar of the Roman Catholic Church who ended his turbulent tenure in 2013 by becoming the first pontiff to retire in six centuries, died Saturday in ...

The funeral rite for Benedict XVI followed that which was reserved for Pope John Paul II on April 8, 2005, but there were some differences. Archbishop Georg Ganswein (left), longtime personal ...

A book of condolences for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is available at the Cathedral of St. Mary, St. Liborius, St. Kilian of Paderborn. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Bells rang out over ...

They say you should never speak ill of the dead, but we may need to make an exception for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. I don’t presume to judge the state of his soul when he met his maker. But in the ...

Pope Benedict, the first pope to resign in 600 years, died on Saturday at the age of 95 World leaders are paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI following his death Saturday at the age of 95.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world when he announced his resignation in 2013, the first in 600 years. That led some to wonder if, as he grew increasingly frail and sick, Pope Francis ...

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There is no evidence that President Joe Biden was specifically uninvited from Pope Benedict XVI’s funeral. The Vatican announced that Benedict wished for his funeral to be simple and confirmed it ...

Former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI—the first pope to resign from the role since the 1400s—died Saturday at age 95, according to the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI died Saturday morning. Vatican ...