“He was the only one who could be pope in that moment,” Francis said, adding that he, too, voted for Ratzinger. In 2013, after Benedict's resignation, there was more political maneuverin ...

When Benedict XVI resigned in 2013 citing old age, he became the first Pope in 600 years to step down from the role. Born Joseph Ratzinger, the German cardinal was elected in April 2005 and chose ...

Father Johann G. Roten, S.M. Would you ask a Pope why he is still a Christian or why he is still in the Church? The question was put to Benedict XVI. Not recently, of course. The year was 1971, and ...

The report refers to sexual abuse cases by members of the clergy in Munich from 1945 to 2019, where Joseph Ratzinger was ... the pyramid with the pope, the former Pope Benedict.” ...

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 ...

"He was the only one who could be pope in that moment," Francis said, adding that he, too, voted for Ratzinger. In 2013, after Benedict's resignation, there was also political maneuvering involved.

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 ...

For the first time, a sculptor and native of Japan will be awarded the Ratzinger Prize. His name is Etsurō Sotoo, born in ...

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 ...

The Irishman is the second Ratzinger Prize winner associated with Notre Dame. Jesuit Father Brian Daley, who taught in the ...

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 ...

The Vatican announced Pope Benedict XVI had died on Saturday morning. He was born Joseph Ratzinger in Germany and was 78 when he became Pope in 2005, becoming one of the oldest men ever elected to ...