Speaking of Benedict XVI after the late pope’s death, Archbishop Gänswein made a striking remark about prayer and spiritual ...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, said he hopes the beatification process will begin soon for the German pontiff, who died on Dec. 31, 2022. “Personally, I have great ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY -- Dignitaries and religious leaders have been paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95. Benedict, who was the first ...

Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022), the 265th pope, served from April 19, 2005, to February 28, 2013—a period of 7 years, 10 months, and 10 days. He voluntarily resigned from the papal office. On February ...

The odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, long a loyal servant of Pope John Paul II and dean of the college of cardinals, stepped onto the balcony ...

For a few days in April 2008, New York had Benedict fever, as the pontiff visited Yonkers and said Mass at Yankee Stadium. Pope Benedict XVI drew crowds wherever he went in his "Christ Our Hope" tour ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he would step down at the end of the month is stunning but not surprising for a man with experience running a critical sector of the Vatican hierarchy while his ...

COMMENTARY: Exactly 15 years ago today, Benedict XVI’s Westminster Hall address in London flipped the classic question — not whether faith is reasonable, but whether reason itself makes sense without ...

FILE - Pope Francis, left, embraces Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican, June 28, 2017. (L’Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP, File) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world ...