Benedict Xvi News

It was during a consistory called to declare the canonization of saints that Benedict XVI chose to announce his resignation.

Washington D.C., May 15, 2013 / 12:11 am .- Cardinal Justin F. Rigali, archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia, said that the five Popes involved in the Second Vatican Council shared a common vision of protecting and spreading the Catholic faith.

Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St.

Pope Benedict XVI gave the most wonderful message on the Internet two years ago.

A German cardinal has reportedly said that he was shocked by the sharp decline in the health of Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI.

Celestine V, the hermit pope who set precedent for Benedict XVI, has been given a new face and fate by researchers who have examined his skeletal remains.

Vatican City, May 4, 2013 / 06:06 am .- The cardinal who designed Pope Benedict XVI's coat of arms says he needs a new one now that he is no longer the pontiff.

VATICAN CITY, May 2 .- Benedict XVI has returned to the Vatican after moving to the papal summer household outside of Rome to not interfere with the papal election.

"Benedict XVI is very happy to return to the Vatican," the Vatican press office announced in a May 3 press release after the emeritus Pope moved into his new residence at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery.

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home to the Vatican on Thursday for the first time since he resigned Feb.

Benedict XVI has returned to the Vatican for the first time since he resigned Feb.

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home to the Vatican on Thursday for the first time since he resigned Feb.

More than two months after his resignation, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will return to the Vatican on Thursday to live in a small retrofitted convent.

Vatican spokesman Father Frederico Lombardi, SJ announced yesterday that Supreme Pontiff Emeritus Benedict XVI will officially leave the Papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo and return to the Vatican , where renovations to the Mater Ecclesiae monastery have been completed.

The head of the American Federation of Teachers says governments should hold off on plans to link standardized test results with schools' evaluations.

A Las Vegas-based social gambling company says it will launch the first legal, real-money poker website in the United States.

Pope Benedict XVI leaves after greeting the faithful from the balcony window of the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his first post-Vatican days and made his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb.

The retired Pontiff has been staying at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo since his resignation took effect on February 28.

Vatican City, Apr 26, 2013 / 04:18 am .- Pope Francis could issue his first encyclical this year and so far is only planning one international trip in 2013, according to Vatican press office director Father Federico Lombardi.

Retired Archpriest of St. Paul Outside the Walls Reflects on New Pontificate By H. Sergio Mora ROME, April 24, 2013 - Last Sunday Pope Francis took possession of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, the third of the four papal basilicas.