Pope Benedict XVI leads the beatification ceremony of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's square in the Vatican on May 1, 2011.

The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation announced a series of initiatives across several continents that will ...

A series of events will take place in 2027 marking the centenary of the birth of the late pope, honoring his legacy and his ...

VATICAN CITY -- Dignitaries and religious leaders have been paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95. Benedict, who was the first ...

Pope Benedict XVI declared today, "I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter." Speaking in Latin, the 85-year old Pope told a group of cardinals that "advanced age" will ...

Twenty years after then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger warned of a “dictatorship of relativism” on the eve of his election as Pope Benedict XVI, his former secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, echoed that ...

Popes have, at different times, stepped beyond purely religious matters and spoken on global issues.

Leo XIV, under fire from President Trump, has joined predecessors including Francis and John Paul II in confronting political issues.