I have arrived this far, taken these actions, removed these people, now it’s your turn,” said Benedict XVI, when handing the ...

Pope Francis writes that he visited Benedict at Castel Gandolfo, the papal vacation palace south of Rome, shortly after he was elected pope. “He gave me a large white box,” Francis writes.

Pope Benedict chose to work through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), which he had led under Pope St. John Paul II, rather than the Vatican’s Council for Promoting Christian ...

Thousands of people have been paying their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI at his lying in state in the Vatican. He died on New Year's Eve at the age of 95, almost a decade after he stood ...

In 2008, on a papal visit to the United States, Benedict visited New York’s Park East Synagogue on the eve of Passover, in the first visit by a pope to an American synagogue. “Shalom!

Benedict XVI’s pontificate lasted from 2005 to 2013, ending with the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years. Even before his election as pope, he had profoundly influenced the worldwide ...