Benedict XVI

Pope Francis is set to undergo abdominal surgery and will remain in a Rome hospital for several days, the Vatican announced Wednesday, sparking renewed fears over the 86-year-old pontiff's fragile health.The pope had to cancel several work…

Issued on: 05/01/2023 - 07:22 Mourners poured into St. Peter’s Square early Thursday for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, hoping to pay final respects to the German…

Thousands of faithful thronged to the Vatican to pay homage to Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope is the first in papal history to relinquish his office and resign due to failing health. It has been almost ten years since he left. Early on New…

Issued on: 02/01/2023 - 05:05 Catholics will on Monday be able to pay their respects in the Vatican to former pope Benedict XVI, whose body will lie in state for three days…

Pope Francis prayed for his predecessor’s passage to heaven and again expressed thanks for a lifetime of service to the church, during New Year’s Day appearances a day after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in retirement at the…

WASHINGTON: Joining Catholics around the world in mourning the death of Pope EmeritusBenedict XVI, US President Joe Biden on Saturday said that the late leader will be remembered as a renowned theologian. "He will be remembered as a…

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday. He was 95. Pope…

Issued on: 31/12/2022 - 16:00 For the first time in modern history, a sitting pope will preside over his predecessor's funeral next week, with Pope Francis leading a "simple"…

<!-- -->Vatican City: Benedict XVI was the first pope to confront the scourge of clerical sex abuse in the Catholic church, but only after a career in which he himself was accused of covering it up.The German Joseph Ratzinger, who…

Issued on: 28/12/2022 - 12:06 The Vatican on Wednesday confirmed that the health of ex-pontiff Benedict XVI, 95, has worsened in the last few hours and he had been visited by…