It has now been exactly two years and two days since the death of the German theologian pope Benedict XVI. There would have ...

which led to the election of Benedict XVI) and in 2013 (when Benedict shocked the world by resigning and was replaced by the current Pope Francis). Each involved a first vote in the evening ...

When Benedict XVI resigned in 2013 citing old age ... The person who runs the Vatican from the death of one pope to the election of another is called a "camerlengo", currently Cardinal Kevin ...

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 ...

Ralph Fiennes stars as a Cardinal who must organize the election of the next pope ... which ultimately elected Pope Benedict XVI. “There’s an alleged diary by a cardinal from the conclave ...

some Catholics are cheering on the defense of orthodoxy by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. About two weeks ago, Cardinal Joachim Meisner died. He had been at odds with Francis this past year ...

In his homily, which coincided with the liturgical reading of the prologue of John’s Gospel, Cardinal Koch reflected on ...

Left: Cover of ‘Beyond the Crises in the Church: The Pontificate of Benedict XVI’ by Robert Regoli. Right: Pope Benedict XVI prays Dec. 8, 2007, in Rome. (photo: St. Augustine’s Press ...

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 ...

Black smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on March 13, 2013, indicating that the College of Cardinals so far had failed to elect a new pope to succeed Pope Benedict ...

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 ...