The Vatican plays a unique diplomatic role in global conflicts, despite lacking military power, as Pope Francis navigates ...

In the 15 days between the death of Pope Benedict XV on January 22, 1922 and the election of his successor, Pius XI, on ...

The story has specical significance for Americans. In the spring of 1917, Pope Benedict XV called on the warring governments to make a peace of mutual forgiveness and forbearance. As a starting point, ...

I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ideally as a link to the venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV, who guided the Church ... culture and civilization." The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help ...

The story has specical significance for Americans. In the spring of 1917, Pope Benedict XV called on the warring governments to make a peace of mutual forgiveness and forbearance. As a starting ...

Just about a month into the war, Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa was elected Pope and took the name Benedict XV. He strongly believed in papal authority. Back in 1910, his Lenten Pastoral had been ...

Pope Benedict (R), who retired in 2013, said he could not remain silent on the issue of priestly celibacy Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church ...

Almost five months after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and the ambitious powers of the world began the First World War, tearing the continent into a muddy, broken remnant of its former self ...

Pope Benedict was still a "powerful presence" in the Vatican despite his retirement - the most senior British figure there has told the BBC. The comments, by Archbishop Paul Gallagher, have come ...

Dublin, 26 August 1918 - Cardinal Logue has written to the press apologising for the delay in forwarding the letter from Pope Benedict XV addressed to the Irish bishops. The delay was attributed ...

Pope Benedict XVI lives in Mater Ecclesiae ... and also as “a link to the venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV, who guided the Church through the turbulent times of the First World War.” Is it true that ...