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 Benedict XVI's personal secretary, who served him in multiple capacities for almost two decades, will soon publish a book on his experiences with the late pontiff. Archbishop Georg Gänswein ...

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 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.

Pope Benedict XVI, a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger, died over the Christmas holidays. Many Catholics will recall the legacy of his papacy with mixed feelings. First and foremost, Benedict’s papacy will ...

Pope Benedict XVI: Around 200,000 attend lying in state. 5 January 2023. Share Save. Alys ... Edmund Arrowsmith was executed for his faith in 1628 and his severed hand remains a precious relic. 22 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

Pope Benedict XVI covers the relic of Pope Celestine V with a stole during his 2009 visit to L'Aquila. Osservatore Romano/AFP/Getty Images. Related article Echoes of past in pope's resignation.