Here’s a look at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s life. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1927 Death date: December 31, 2022 Birth ...

Benedict also visits the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. November 28, 2006 – Arrives in Turkey for his first visit as pope. May 9, 2007 – Arrives in Brazil for a six-day visit ...

Officials say the 88-year-old pontiff has a "polymicrobial respiratory tract infection," but little remains known about the ...

ANALYSIS: The country is facing many socio-political ills that Church leaders and others link to a spiritual vacuum but signs ...

Technically, any baptized Roman Catholic male can be elected pope, including archbishops from the United States, like Boston's current Archbishop Richard Henning and former Boston Archbishop, Cardinal ...

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 ...

Conclave: What happens when a Pope dies and how is a new Pontiff selected? - Renewed interest in Vatican tradition on back of ...

A hospitalized Pope Francis is receiving prayers for a quick recovery from some Long Island Catholics even as they ...