Pope Francis is unlike any of his predecessors – not least because he is the first to write an autobiography while still in office, writes Catherine Pepinster. But while he uses the book to admits his ...

Pope Francis says in his autobiography he received a ‘large white box’ relating to ‘difficult and painful situations’ ...

Following the announcement of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday at the age of 95, we look back at his long life and its main highlights with the following official biography.

The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Before concluding, Benedict XVI ...

Francis is also in a unique position, in that he follows two popes who had a more conservative view of what Vatican II ...

Left: Cover of ‘Beyond the Crises in the Church: The Pontificate of Benedict XVI’ by Robert Regoli. Right: Pope Benedict XVI prays Dec. 8, 2007, in Rome. (photo: St. Augustine’s Press ...

In a 2005 general audience, Pope Benedict XVI said St. Benedict was a “powerful ... which are described in his biography written by Pope St. Gregory the Great. One of the most remarkable was ...

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published a letter which blames clerical sex abuse on the "all-out sexual freedom" of the 1960s. He said that cultural and historical change had led to a "dissolution ...

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 ...

Pope Francis cites Benedict XVI only in a few passages in his over 300-page autobiography Pope Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, handed him a large white box containing several confidential ...

The unmistakable feeling is that the hype before publication of Hope is yet another example of the triumph of marketing over ...

Pope Benedict XVI's Thought for the Day was broadcast on Friday 24th December at 7.45am. Recalling with great fondness my four-day visit to the United Kingdom last September, I am glad to have the ...