COMMENTARY: If the Cuban dictator read the first 21 pages of Introduction to Christianity he could have found Pope Benedict ...

When it comes to the late Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger, I can think of no such idiom. I can point to his tenure at the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, when he was ...

Among the most important modern Catholic thinkers, Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, fundamentally shaped Christian theology in the 20th and early 21st centuries. His collaborations and ...

The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has been set on display ... to Pope Francis' predecessor until Wednesday. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger's body lies on a catafalque covered by a golden cloth ...

Bishop Robert Barron’s media company Word on Fire plans to publish in English more than two dozen volumes of the collected works of Joseph Ratzinger ... he served as Pope Benedict XVI, including ...

Benedict was born in Germany and named Joseph Ratzinger. He became the Pope in 2005 at the age of 78 to be one of the oldest pontiffs ever elected. Born Joseph Ratzinger in Germany, Benedict was ...

Benedict XVI was 85 when in February 2013 he surprised Catholics around the world with his decision to step down, less than eight years after he had been elected Pope as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

At the council, Ratzinger argued that Catholic theology needed to develop a "new language" to speak to a changing world. As pope, Benedict would later reject more progressive interpretations of ...

Preserving authenticity in celebrations of the Sacred Liturgy has been a prominent concern of Pope Benedict XVI (formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) for more than 25 years.

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries were presented with chasubles worn by Pope Benedict ...