I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ideally as a link to the venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV, who guided the Church through the turbulent times of the First World War. He was a true and courageous ...

Pope Benedict XVI. Some of the critics who made their mark during Francis’ pontificate: Benedict’s camp Benedict’s longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, was a bridge between the ...

Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI ...

As successors of the Apostles, you represent Christ at the head of the dioceses which have been entrusted to you, and you strive to be true to the portrait of the Bishop sketched by Saint Paul ...

Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger by birth, is not just famous as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, but also as a prolific writer whose books have majorly impacted theological ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope in 600 years to resign. He did so at the age of 85 in 2013, leading to the election of Pope Francis. Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 on New Year ...

The German former pontiff died aged 95 on Saturday in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Rome Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was memorialized Thursday at a special funeral in The Vatican led by his ...