Before concluding, Benedict XVI announced that, just as at the beginning of his pontificate John Paul II had continued the reflections on Christian virtues begun by Pope John Paul I, in coming ...

When it comes to the late Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger ... the Century articles from last year that enjoyed the most online readers. Since 1900, the Christian Century has published ...

On the day after his election, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the cardinals with a message of unity ... (Messori, 105) Mary—"Completely a Christian" Fifteen years later, in 2000, Cardinal Ratzinger's ...

Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope ...

Everyone knows that the Christian family is a special sign of ... a ‘small domestic church’" (Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI to the Participants in the Ecclesial Diocesan Convention ...

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(Jan. 4, 11A, “Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to resign was a tragic mistake”) However, his statement that Pope Benedict XVI’s “abandonment resulted in the election of a new pope” is ...

following the devastating report which revealed that former Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI failed to act in several cases of abuse, almost a cover-up, while a bishop in Germany. The report refers to ...

Speculation about Francis' health is a constant in Vatican circles, especially after Pope Benedict XVI broke 600 years of tradition and resigned from the papacy in 2013. Benedict’s aides have ...

Mourners gathered at the Vatican to pay their last respects to retired Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Francis presided over the funeral of his predecessor at St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday.