After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope ...

Bishop Edward J. Burns delivers his homily during a memorial mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 in Dallas.

FILE—Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his departure at Munich Airport in Freising, Germany, June 22, 2020. A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany’s Munich diocese on Thursday ...

General Audience: Pope tells why he Chose Name of Benedict. In his first general audience, which was held this morning in St. Peter's Square in the presence of 15,000 people, the Pope again gave ...

But Benedict stuck to his original explanation, with a 2018 documentary, Benedict XVI: in Honor of Truth, providing supporting evidence that the pope emeritus felt he could no longer publicly lead ...

The Vatican announced Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, that Pope Benedict XVI, the former Joseph Ratzinger, died at age 95. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, Germany, he ...

"Eggs Benedict," a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI that's made from 17,000 condoms, was installed at Portrait Society Gallery. It will be on display starting Thursday, April 11.

However, Benedict XVI resigned in 2013 and was succeeded by the current pontiff, Pope Francis. Benedict was the first pope to resign from his position in more than 600 years, and that gave him a ...

But for her latest painting, a portrait of Benedict XVI in his life as pope emeritus, some objects could not be brought back to her studio in the historic center of Rome.

The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown is remembering the life and legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, at the age of 95. A Mass will be held at noon Thursday, Jan. 5, at the ...

Artists have various way of expressing their opinion and making a statement. For Niki Johnson it was making a portrait of former Pope Benedict XVI out of condoms. The piece, which stands nearly ...