All those pesky enemies and negative energies will vanish from your life if you turn to Saint Benedict and recite the prayer ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is sending his thanks and prayers to Pope Benedict XVI, who announced Monday that he will step down this month... WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack ...

“I would like to ask all of you for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who, in silence, is sustaining the Church,” Francis said in a surprise announcement in Italian at the end of ...

Francis didn’t elaborate on Benedict’s condition. “I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who is sustaining the church in silence,” Francis said.

More City, Vatican. On Wednesday, Pope Francis—who became the head of the Catholic church in 2013 after former Pope Benedict resigned—tweeted asking for prayers for Benedict, calling on “the ...

The world leader of the Roman Catholic church ... ended his daily general audience by calling for "special prayer for pope emeritus Benedict". Francis requested the faithful to "remember ...

“He’s a good man and was a great pope.” The German Catholic Church’s leadership called for prayers for Benedict after the Vatican’s announcement. “Pope Benedict XVI has prayed for us ...

The U.S. conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a Novena, or nine days of prayer, in memory of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, starting on Thursday.

VATICAN CITY — The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic ... the power of prayer keeps the Ukrainian people alive,” so he asked to continue praying for Ukraine. Benedict XVI appointed ...

Burbidge with the Catholic Diocese of Arlington said in a statement: “I respectfully ask all in the Diocese of Arlington to unite in prayer as we mourn the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Benedict is 95. His health has been steadily deteriorating. "I would like to ask all of you to pray a special prayer for Pope ... job as head of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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