While Francis kept open the possibility, and even had a resignation letter prepared, he said more recently that he believed ...

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It is natural to compare a pope to his predecessors. But many of the comparisons being made now betray an ideological edge ...

The last pontiff to die was Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in late 2022. Tens of thousands of faithful attended his funeral on an unusually foggy morning, in stark contrast to the two million people ...

Pope Benedict XVI. Some of the critics who made their mark during Francis’ pontificate: Benedict’s camp Benedict’s longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, was a bridge between the ...

In 2005, Benedict XVI was installed in Rome as the 265th Roman Catholic pope. In 2013, a building that housed clothing ...

While Francis kept open the possibility, and even had a resignation letter prepared, he said more recently that he believed that the papacy was for life. And he ultimately lived out that belief, ...

Francis’ critics were unique in having a living alternate as a point of reference, Pope Benedict XVI, who resided as pope emeritus in the Vatican Gardens for the first decade of Francis ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope in 600 years to resign. He did so at the age of 85 in 2013, leading to the election of Pope Francis. Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 on New Year ...