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 ...

When Pope Benedict XVI died, his longtime secretary published a memoir that revealed Benedict’s private concerns about Pope Francis’s leadership — views he had never shared publicly. The book detailed ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

World and religious leaders reacted with sadness and tributes poured in following the announcement of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday. Benedict, born Joseph Ratzinger in 1927, was ...

The Italian-born maestro who spent more than a decade at the CSO is the latest recipient of the prestigious Ratzinger Prize, ...

VATICAN CITY — Tributes were paid Sunday on the first anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI, with Pope Francis praising his love and wisdom and Benedict's private secretary expressing hope he ...

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 — Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass Thursday for a dead pope presided over by a living one, ending an ...