Credit: Vatican Media Pope Benedict XVI explained in a 2006 catechesis that ... Yes, there is actually a chair relic kept in St. Peter’s Basilica In addition to the symbolic meaning, there ...

ALAIN PROST – In 1985, 4-time F1 world champion Prost and his wife had a private audience with Pope John Paul II and gifted the Pope with a model of the McLaren car he drove that season and two books ...

A church near the Trevi Fountain in Rome holds the hearts of over 20 Popes in marble urns, preserved as holy relics, although this practice ... Almost 100 Popes have been buried there, including Pope ...

In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI described the chair as "a symbol of the special mission of Peter and his Successors to tend Christ's flock, keeping it united in faith and in charity." The relic itself sits ...

Pope Francis took up his role in 2013, following Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation on February 28 of the same ... the hearts of more than 20 popes in marble urns, preserved as holy relics. A portrait of ...

There are few buildings in New York City that have witnessed more Irish American history than Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral on ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation in 2013 marked a historic moment for the Catholic Church, making him the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to step down (the last was Gregory XII in 1415).

I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ideally as a link to the venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV, who guided the Church through the turbulent times of the First World War. He was a true and courageous ...

Pope Francis' biggest critic, an anti-vaccine traditionalist papal lawyer who would be the first American pontiff, is among the frontrunners to replace him. Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, 76, is ...

Stranger still, he said, was that Francis’ predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, announced his resignation at the same meeting of cardinals, called a consistory, that was also discussing the ...