Pope Francis and Retired Pope Benedict Questioned for McCarrick Report
By Cindy Wooden – In an unusual move, both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI subjected themselves to questioning by Vatican investigators charged with compiling a...
Category: Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI Distances Himself from Embattled Catholic Community
Benedict XVI has distanced himself from a Catholic community with which he had maintained close ties for decades. The German magazine “Herder Korrespondenz” reported October 25 that...
Mgr Ratzinger, Retired Pope’s Brother, Dies At 96
Mgr Georg Ratzinger, a musician and retired Pope Benedict XVI’s elder brother, died July 1 at the age of 96. According to Vatican News, Mg. Ratzinger died...
Retired Pope Benedict Travels To Germany To Visit His Brother
By Cindy Wooden – Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who is 93 years old, travelled to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who is...
In New Biography, Pope Benedict Says World Threatened By Humanism
In a newly published biography, Retired Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a “worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies.” He cited same-sex marriage,...
Some Traditional Formalities Do Not ‘Ring’ True with Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis has made it more than obvious that he does not like people kissing his ring. The viral video of him yanking his...
In Letters to German Cardinal, Retired Pope Defends Way he Stepped Down
Retired Pope Benedict XVI expressed his displeasure with the way a German cardinal publicly criticised his stepping down as pontiff, and he defended taking the title “pope...
Two Popes, One Mission
Although with different personalities and different tones, the papacies of both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI focus on proclaiming the Gospel in a world that...
Pope Benedict’s ‘Travel Companions for Life’
Saints Bonaventure and Augustine, whom retired Pope Benedict XVI named as being among his “travel companions for life”. More Stories: Blessed Benedict Daswa Feast Day! Who Was...
Benedict XVI’s Last Testament
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI’s new memoir, a lengthy interview with German journalist Peter Seewald, will be released in English this November. Letzte Gespräche is being translated as...
Pope delivers personal, emotional farewell address at audience
By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On his last full day as pope, Pope Benedict XVI delivered an unusually personal and emotional...
Pope Benedict thanks faithful, asks them to pray for next pope
By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS)At his first public appearance since he announced that he would resign at the end of February, Pope...
