Pope Benedict XVI’s death marks the end of an era in which the prolific writer and speaker conveyed his reflections on the Catholic faith. In both speaking and writing about the faith, the late ...

"The human being does not trust God. Tempted by the serpent, he harbors the suspicion that in the end, God takes something away from his life, that God is a rival who curtails our freedom and that ...

VATICAN CITY — When Pope Emeritus Benedict ... quotes about love from the late Pope: 1. “My dear young friends, I want to invite you to ‘dare to love.’ Do not desire anything less for your ...

God's love, mercy and goodness lie at the foundation of every vocation, including that of the pope, Pope Leo XIV said.

Here is a selection of Benedict XVI's standout quotes ... committed against God and man, is almost impossible -- and it is particularly difficult for a Christian, for a pope from Germany." ...

While strolling through the streets of Turin, Friedrich Nietzsche once spotted a horse being ... Pope Benedict XVI visited the Shroud of Turin and recalled Nietzsche’s witness to the death of God.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI took the reins of the Catholic Church in 2005 from his much more charismatic predecessor, John Paul II. A German theologian, he led the church as a traditionalist.

Editor’s note: Pope ... “God Is Charity” (2005). In consonance with many fathers of the church, Benedict saw the blood and water pouring from the pierced heart of Jesus as symbols of ...

Because Christianity is in its essence opposed to life, it is no wonder that its God is now dead to us. Pope Benedict, like St. John Paul II before him in the Theology of the Body, took seriously ...

Benedict spoke of the “many reasons” he had to be thankful for his life. In the letter dated August 29, 2006, the former pope thanked God for guiding him “well” throughout life.

Pope Francis recalled how Jesus’ last words — “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” — summed up the “ceaseless self-entrustment” to God that had defined Benedict’s life.