Several prominent media outlets and journalist punctuated the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI with knocks to his career and legacy, criticizing his "cartoonish" and "troubled legacy" of ...

Benedict XVI’s funeral and burial in the Vatican crypt took place on the morning of Jan. 5. Before the wooden coffin is closed, Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and ...

The funeral rite for Benedict XVI followed that which was reserved for Pope John Paul II on April 8, 2005, but there were some differences. Archbishop Georg Ganswein (left), longtime personal ...

Pope Benedict XVI, a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger, died over the Christmas holidays. Many Catholics will recall the legacy of his papacy with mixed feelings. First and foremost, Benedict’s papacy will be ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Catholics in metro Detroit are remembering former Pope Benedict XVI as a student and teacher of the catholic faith. He died Saturday at the age of ...

German prosecutors looking into historical cases of sexual abuse by clergy in the Munich archdiocese said Tuesday that they initially investigated the late Pope Benedict XVI on suspicion of being an ...

The Vatican published Benedict XVI’s spiritual testament on Saturday night in which the late pope underlined “the reasonableness of faith.” “What I said before to my countrymen, I say now to all those ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis honored his predecessor Benedict XVI, the German theologian who made history by retiring, presiding Thursday over a rare requiem Mass for a dead pontiff by a living ...

The burial of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI does not mark the end of the struggles between conservatives and moderates within the Catholic Church. In fact, it may be the beginning of their ...

Pope Leo XIV will present the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, one of the most ...