He was widely seen as a conservative who was in line with Pope John Paul. ROME -- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at his home in the Vatican at 95, Vatican officials announced. "With sorrow I ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

Since the third season of Bridgerton concluded last month, rumors have been swirling about which sibling will lead the show in Season 4. The regal drama finally announced that Benedict Bridgerton’s ...

Pope Francis spoke of friendship, a sustaining force amid a "shipwreck" of life. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis on Thursday paid homage to his friend and retired predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 - Former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday aged 95, was the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, leaving behind a Catholic Church battered by sexual abuse scandals, mired in ...

Former pope Benedict XVI, who became the first pontiff to resign in some 600 years, has died aged 95. Pope Francis, who replaced him as head of the Catholic Church, had asked the faithful to pray for ...

Pope Francis led tributes to his predecessor on Saturday, after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95. “We are moved as we recall him as such a noble person, ...

BERLIN (AP) — A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany's Munich diocese on Thursday faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI's handling of four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s.

The last pope to resign was Pope Gregory XII in 1415 to end the Great Western Schism Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi says a conclave will elect a new pontiff in March Lombardi says the Vatican ...

Benedict players take the field before their game against Allen at Charles W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia on Saturday, October 4, 2025. Sam Wolfe Special To The State Benedict College football is ...

He defined a conservative course for the Roman Catholic Church, but his papacy was noted for his struggle with the clergy sexual abuse scandal and for his unexpected resignation. By Ian Fisher and ...