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 ...

We can’t define anyone’s character through an isolated idiom, but we can pinpoint choices they made that are key to understanding their influence. When it comes to the late Pope Benedict XVI, born ...

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 ...

“I have arrived this far, taken these actions, removed these people, now it’s your turn,” said Benedict XVI, according to “Hope: The Autobiography,” by Pope Francis, out Tuesday.

Related: Timeline of Pope Benedict XVI and the Jews ... a Good Friday prayer that many view as antisemitic because it prays for the conversion of Jews to Christianity. (Benedict’s successor ...

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.