Mourners gathered at the Vatican to pay their last respects to retired Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Francis presided over the funeral of his predecessor at St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd after the Blessing of Youth with Disabilities in the chapel at Saint Joseph Seminary in ...

The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lying out in state inside St. Peter's Basilica. [Vatican Media via AP] Filippo Tuccio, 35, said he came from Venice on an overnight train to view ...

With the Church divided over the proper interpretation of one of Pope Francis’s writings, some Catholics are cheering on the defense of orthodoxy by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. About two weeks ...

To mark Easter Sunday, we recall the spring of 2008, when Pope Benedict visited the seminary in Yonkers and said Mass at Yankee Stadium.

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 ...

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

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

Most pontiffs serve for life but Pope Benedict XVI became the first leader of the Catholic Church to step down in 600-plus years when he left the position in 2013 for health reasons Anna Lazarus ...