By today’s terminology, Athanasius of Alexandria might be called a “boy genius” or a prodigy. But back in 325 A.D., in his ...

ROME (AP) — Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his ...

The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Before concluding, Benedict XVI ...

A traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him has died ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis’ aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope ...

A new pope customarily takes over only on the death of his predecessor, but Benedict XVI’s unprecedented 2013 resignation allowed him to hand over to Francis in person. In the book, Francis recounts ...

It is rare for the pope to dissolve a Catholic religious community, even one mired in scandal. Faced with a similar scandal, Benedict XVI, who was pope from 2005-2013, chose instead to restructure ...

Appointed as the church’s first prior, John Francis visited Rome in 1835, and it was due to his efforts, and to reward him for his good works, that Pope Gregory XVI agreed to send the remains of Saint ...

Pope Francis has thrown a wrench in some of the speculation about a future conclave. He's decided to extend the term of the ...