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 ...

In the wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s passing, I am particularly drawn to his writings. This Lent, I hope to be led closer to Jesus through the words he spoke to the young people of Madrid in 2012 .

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the first man in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy, died at 95. He was a traditionalist, but also adopted Twitter.

A naturally shy man, Pope Benedict XVI always said he had no ambitions to lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. But he was chosen in 2005 to succeed Pope John Paul II. At 78, he took on the role ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) ...

Retired Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 He is remembered as a staunch conservative who opposed modernizing reforms and as the first pope to step down since the 15th century. Obituaries.

Pope Benedict XVI, the bookish conservative pillar of the Roman Catholic Church who ended his turbulent tenure in 2013 by becoming the first pontiff to retire in six centuries, died at 9:34 a.m ...

Pope Benedict XVI, who died on Dec. 31 at the age of 95, spent less than eight years as the head of the Catholic Church. But he still managed to leave a complex legacy on the 2,000-year-old ...

Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Feb. 9, 2013, four days before his final Mass. (Gregorio Borgia/AP) By Michelle Boorstein.

Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI has died. He was 95. Born Joseph Ratzinger in Bavaria, he oversaw a church in crisis and then became the first pontiff to step down since the 15th century.