Tag: Pope Benedict XVI
Retired Pope Benedict XVI returns to Vatican after visiting ailing brother...
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...
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...
VATICAN CITY -- At the request of retired Pope Benedict XVI, his name will be removed as co-author of a book defending priestly celibacy,...
Anthony McCarten wrote ‘The Two Popes’ as a nonfiction book, then...
WASHINGTON -- Anthony McCarten is a double-dipper. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
The Catholic writer first wrote a nonfiction book called "The Two...
As we pray for the dead, it’s timely to think of...
During the month of November, the Catholic Church asks the faithful to spend 30 days praying for the dead.
Pope Francis has underscored this directive:...
Women deacons in Catholic church enabled by 2009 initiative of Pope...
VATICAN CITY -- A change to the Code of Canon Law made by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 provides a canonical path to allow...
Q&A: The status of Medjugorje and the true cross of Christ...
BY FATHER KENNETH DOYLE
Q. A friend has just informed me that she is going next month to Medjugorje in Bosnia. She says that the...
The ‘journey of friendship’ between Catholics and Jews
On June 13, 1960, French historian Jules Isaac arrived at the Vatican for a private audience with St. John XXIII. The octogenarian Jewish professor...
Pope Francis says he gains strength from interaction with retired Pope...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM ROMANIA -- Pope Francis said that he continues to visit retired Pope Benedict XVI, 92, who is like a...