Former Pope Benedict XVI died on Saturday at the age of 95, the Vatican announced, nearly a decade after ... ...

Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation ...

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 ...

following the devastating report which revealed that former Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI failed to act in several cases of abuse, almost a cover-up, while a bishop in Germany. The report refers to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope ... Benedict XVI, stepped down at 85, citing his age and frailty — and then lived another decade. Weeks after Francis came close to death, his gradual ...

Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected after the death of John Paul II, shocked the world when he became the first pope to resign in 600 years in 2013, paving the way for the election of Jorge Mario ...

Here is a look at the life of Pope Francis, the current pope and first non-European pontiff of the modern era. Personal Birth date: December 17, 1936 Birth place: Buenos Aires, Argentina Birth name: J ...

ROME — Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death, and personally directed ... he insisted that Pope Benedict XVI continue to be part of the life of the ...

until his death on 2 April 2005 at the age of 84. Around four million people flocked to Rome to attend his funeral or watch it on giant television screens placed around the city. John Paul II was ...

ageing and death and how they might affect the future of his pontificate. Francis has long complained about the way society treats old people, saying they are part of today’s consumerist “throwaway ...

especially after the death of Pope Benedict XVI. In his 2024 memoir, “Life,” Francis recounted how he first learned about Benedict’s resignation, the first in 600 years. He said a Vatican ...