Musical preferences offer fleeting glimpses into the interior lives behind the white cassock where memory, culture, and prayer converge.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis honored his predecessor Benedict XVI, the German theologian who made history by retiring, presiding Thursday over a rare requiem Mass for a dead pontiff by a living ...

A brilliant thinker and prolific writer, Pope Benedict XVI wrote 66 books in his lifetime. His final work, “What Is Christianity? The Last Writings,” was published in Italian on Jan. 20, just weeks ...

The funeral rite for Benedict XVI followed that which was reserved for Pope John Paul II on April 8, 2005, but there were some differences. Archbishop Georg Ganswein (left), longtime personal ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Catholics in metro Detroit are remembering former Pope Benedict XVI as a student and teacher of the catholic faith. He died Saturday at the age of ...

By Romy Haber Anticipation is building across Lebanon as the country prepares to welcome Pope Leo XIV next week. The visit is ...

German prosecutors looking into historical cases of sexual abuse by clergy in the Munich archdiocese said Tuesday that they initially investigated the late Pope Benedict XVI on suspicion of being an ...

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 be ...