Pope Francis presided over former Pope Benedict XVI's funeral mass in St. Peter's Square Thursday, remembering his life, legacy, and courage for resigning from the papacy.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the first man in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy, died at 95. He was a traditionalist, but also adopted Twitter.

Pope Benedict XVI once expressed a desire to be 'hidden to the world.' His funeral Thursday will at least in part respect his wishes for simplicity but also feature some of the pomp reserved for a ...

World leaders remembered Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI after the former pontiff died Saturday at 95. Pope Francis will celebrate a funeral Mass Thursday for Benedict in St. Peter's Square, the ...

Nothing defined Benedict XVI's pontificate so clearly as its ending, and his majestic farewell flight over the Eternal City. He had become the first pope in more than 700 years to voluntarily resign.

Pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95. He was widely seen as a conservative who was in line with Pope John Paul. By Phoebe Natanson. December 31, 2022, 12:32 PM. 3:55.

The funeral of Benedict XVI, the pope emeritus who died on Saturday at age 95, took place in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Thursday after three days during which mourners could view his ...

Pope Benedict XVI, the bookish conservative pillar of the Roman Catholic Church who ended his turbulent tenure in 2013 by becoming the first pontiff to retire in six centuries, died at 9:34 a.m ...

Pope Benedict XVI's last words, spoken in Italian on his death bed on Dec. 31, were recorded by his attending nurse, according to Vatican reports.

Pope Benedict XVI holds the Blessed Sacrament during a vigil on the eve of the World Youth Day Mass at the Marienfeld on Aug. 20, 2005, in Cologne, Germany. An estimated 900,000 pilgrims came for ...

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges pilgrims during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 4, 2009. Pope Benedict died Dec. 31, 2022, ...

The strange afterlife of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate, which ended with his death on Saturday at 95, was not quite so wild or dramatic. But like Celestine’s experience, ...