Bruni later told journalists that Benedict XVI received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick on Dec.

Pope Benedict XVI led an extraordinary life that included a wartime childhood in Nazi Germany, a key role

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, bringing to a close the momentous life

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from

On December 30, the Vatican published the number of Catholic missionaries killed in the world in 2022. According

“Although his condition remains serious, the situation at the moment is stable,” the Vatican said on Thursday. Pope

The end of a reigning pope’s life is observed by a series of very well-timed and well-understood rites.

“Let us accompany our dear bishop emeritus in his moment of suffering and trial,” Cardinal De Donatis said.

“The Pope Emeritus was able to rest well last night, he is absolutely lucid and vigil and today,

The news that Pope Benedict XVI is ill has sparked renewed interest in the details of his pontificate

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucicalpa (Honduras), turns 80 years old today and thus

Pope Francis visited the 95-year-old pope emeritus after his Wednesday general audience. The Vatican confirmed Wednesday that pope

A saint for the change of epoch, through whom to rediscover the criterion of discerning through God’s love

Benedict XVI’s condition has worsened, but under control, and Pope Francis visited him at the end of the

At the end of the general audience, Pope Francis asked for prayers for Benedict XVI, who “in silence

A centuries-old school in Rome has a new American-born leader. Father Mark Lewis has been named the rector

It is called “Everything Belongs to Love,” Pope Francis’ new apostolic letter dedicated to St. Francis de Sales

The first known Nativity scene figurines are currently on display in one of Rome’s oldest basilicas. The underground

Pope Francis telephoned a young Italian widower who had just lost his wife during the birth of his

The period of the octave of Christmas, or the eight days of festivities that follow the remembrance of

Jesus being born is true peace, and is “the way of peace,” Pope Francis says in his customary

Many might think that the holy cradle of the Child Jesus is in Bethlehem, but it is in

A manger, the Christ Child’s first resting place, can teach us a lot about the meaning of Christmas,

Located at the heart of Italy’s Apennine mountains, surrounded by oak forests, the town of Greccio is perched