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 ...

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 ...

Visit the homepage for more information. On the day after his election, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the cardinals with a message of unity and fidelity. He pledged to "work without sparing energies for ...

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 ...

(JTA) — Jewish groups are among those marking the death of Benedict XVI, the Catholic pontiff who died Saturday at 95, a decade after shocking the world by becoming the first pope since the Mid ...

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 ...

One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new ...

Cardinal Kurt Koch celebrated a pontifical Mass at the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, marking the second anniversary of the pope emeritus’ death. The pope from ...