He used that message to appeal for the world to take "an urgent change of direction" to preserve the planet for future generations. His predecessor Pope Benedict XVI was the first to appear on ...

Benedict was 95-years-old. He was first pope in 600 years to resign. "He was a faithful son of the Church, and he used ... XVI this Thursday in St. Peter's Square. In Allentown, a special Diocesan ...

In his homily, which coincided with the liturgical reading of the prologue of John’s Gospel, Cardinal Koch reflected on ...

Pope Francis cites Benedict XVI only in a few passages in his over 300-page autobiography Pope Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, handed him a large white box containing several confidential ...

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 ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- There was much to celebrate Monday during a special ... by Pope John Paul II in Rome on Jan. 6, 2000. He initially served as bishop in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Pope Benedict XVI ...

The pope’s Thursday Mass in Rome’s Rebibbia Prison Complex on the feast of St. Stephen — the first Christian martyr — marked a profound beginning to the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Hope ...

ROME, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene ... President Joe Biden used his farewell address on Wednesday night to warn of the growing threat of unchecked power wielded by ...

Pope Francis made a visit on Thursday to one of the largest prison complexes in Italy, opening a special "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, in what the Vatican said was the first such ...