When it comes to the late Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger, I can think of no such idiom. I can point to his tenure at the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, when he was ...

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 ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “very ill” and Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his predecessor, it was reported Wednesday in Vatican City. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in Marktl am Inn ...

Last November, the pope fired Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland ... characterized the tenure of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. However, Pope Francis has criticized Catholics who have become ...

Before him, the Pope dismissed Bishop Joseph Strickland from Texas on November ... from 1995 to 2004. Pope Benedict XVI ...

Former Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican, Vatican News announces. [AP Photo] The Vatican has detailed rituals and procedures to follow when a pope dies ...

Before his surprise resignation this week, Pope Benedict XVI may have lead the Church into one more scandal. Benedict is reported to have personally signed off on the Vatican Bank's new president ...

US CATHOLIC BISHOPS REAFFIRM ENDING ABORTION AS 'PRE-EMINENT PRIORITY' Pope Francis’ predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI named ...

Benedict XVI leaves behind a complex legacy as a Pope and theologian ... Ratzinger was chosen as a theological adviser to Cardinal Joseph Frings of Cologne, a strong critic of Nazism, for the ...

Among the most important modern Catholic thinkers, Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, fundamentally shaped Christian theology in the 20th and early 21st centuries. His collaborations and ...

White bunting is placed in the front vestibule of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in honor of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, near a photo of Pope Francis. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski ...