The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Before concluding, Benedict XVI ...

The life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be the focus of a special memorial Mass on Thursday, Jan. 5, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, in conjunction with the late pope’s funeral ...

“It is with great sadness that I learned today that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has passed away,” Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, said in a statement issued Saturday.

A traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him has died ...

Pope Francis has said former Pope Benedict XVI is very ill and he has asked pilgrims ... he asked people to "pray a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict". The Vatican then said the ex-Pope's ...

One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In a new autobiography, “Hope,” he’s remarkably open about his own failings.

“Today we entrust the beloved pope emeritus Benedict XVI to the most holy mother (the Virgin Mary), to accompany him in his passage from this world to God,” Francis said. Benedict, a ...

Cardinal Kurt Koch celebrated a pontifical Mass at the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, marking the second anniversary of the pope emeritus’ death. The pope from ...

Arriving at a perilous time for the Vatican, Pope Francis paints himself as one of the good guys in his book Hope ...

we need to recuperate the importance of the heart", according to the fourth encyclical of the pontiff - including 'Lumen ...

A traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him has died. Richard Williamson was 84. The Society of St. Pius X ...