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 ...

Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia. Francis has increasingly handed off his day-to-day duties to cardinals as questions swirl about the near- and long-term ...

The former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected on the fifth ballot of the 2013 conclave, which was called after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. While Francis has praised Benedict’s humility in ...

Born into an aristocratic Bohemian family at Skalka castle in what is ... He met his life-long mentor -- the late pope ...

He co-authored Eleven Cardinals Speak on Marriage and the Family, which opposed Pope ... allow Protestants to receive the ...

“I have arrived this far, taken these actions, removed these people, now it’s your turn,” said Benedict XVI, according to ...

Pope Francis has paid tribute to his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, who has died at the age of 95. The pontiff was speaking during vespers on New Year's Eve at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

He had spent 10 weeks in the war zone. In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI officially stepped down as leader of the Roman Catholic ...