The history of the papacy is filled with unusual, dramatic events. From a pope put on trial after death to a resignation that broke a 600-year tradition, the Vatican’s past is anything but predictable ...

Theodore McCarrick, the former Archbishop of Washington and once well-respected Cardinal who was removed from the ministry ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died aged 95, Vatican News has announced. The pope died at 12:30 pm Kenyan time in his residence at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. A statement from Vatican ...

The criminal case against McCarrick had been suspended since January 2024, after he was found incompetent to stand trial ...

The case in Dedham District Court was dismissed in the summer of 2023 after two medical experts found he suffered from ...