Former Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for fewer than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first ...

Lee Penn begs to differ. He says that it is wholly consistent with the vision Pope Benedict XVI called for in his 2009 encyclical Caritas in Veritate, which, as a papal encyclical, is binding on ...

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 ...

Any American who takes the full range of Catholic social teaching seriously simply cannot be comfortable in either of our ...

Pope Benedict (R), who retired in 2013, said he could not remain silent on the issue of priestly celibacy Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church ...

The Pew Research Center has released the results of a survey of how Catholics in the U.S. and six Latin American countries ...

In attendance this time will be 115 cardinals, 67 of whom were appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, who stepped down last month at age 85. Roll over the squares below to see the names of the cardinal ...

Pope Francis has criticized both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris for their views, but American Catholics and non-Catholics ...

Paul VI and John Paul II, as well as Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was killed in 1980. An encyclical is the most important form of papal document. Francis has ...

Peter's Square in the presence of 15,000 people, the Pope again gave thanks to God for having elected him as Peter's successor, and explained why he chose the name of Benedict. The Holy Father ...

Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, died at 95, but was 85 when he retired as pope. The trip to Southeast ... including his predecessors John XXIII, Paul VI and John Paul II, as well as Mother ...