Home Search
Pope Benedict - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
VATICAN CITY -- Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after...
Retired Pope Benedict XVI declines inheritance of his late brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger
BERLIN -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg, who died in July, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.
Because of this, "the estate of Georg Ratzinger goes...
Author Peter Seewald says retired 93-year-old Pope Benedict XVI is ‘extremely frail’
VATICAN CITY -- An author with a long and close relationship to retired Pope Benedict XVI told a German newspaper that the 93-year-old retired...
Retired Pope Benedict XVI follows his brother Georg Ratzinger’s funeral virtually
REGENSBURG, Germany -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI followed the funeral of his brother, Georg Ratzinger, via livestreaming, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.
Bishop...
Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, elder brother of Pope Benedict XVI, dies at 96
VATICAN CITY -- Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, a musician and retired Pope Benedict XVI's elder brother, died July 1 at the age of 96.
According to...
Retired Pope Benedict XVI returns to Vatican after visiting ailing brother in Germany
VATICAN CITY -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican June 22, five days after flying to Germany to spend time with his...
Retired Pope Benedict XVI says in new biography biggest threat to the world is...
MUNICH -- In a newly published biography, Retired Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a "worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist...
Retired Pope Benedict XVI, celebrating 93rd birthday, is well, secretary says
VATICAN CITY — Retired Pope Benedict XVI “is well,” although the coronavirus pandemic restrictions mean he will receive no visitors April 16, his 93rd...
Retired Pope Benedict XVI seeks to be removed as co-author of book that includes...
VATICAN CITY -- At the request of retired Pope Benedict XVI, his name will be removed as co-author of a book defending priestly celibacy,...
Guest commentary: Pope Benedict’s resignation stands as Catholic event of the decade
Responding to editors' requests for a regular sampling of current commentary from around the Catholic press, here is an unsigned editorial titled: "Event of...