BOOK PICK: Do we know why an Orthodox cross looks a bit different, or what the St. Peter, St. Benedict and St. Brigid crosses are? Clockwise from upper right: anointing of the sick crucifix ...

Pope Benedict XVI bequeathed a pectoral cross to St. Oswald’s Church in the city of Traunstein in Bavaria after his retirement in 2013. The cross was stolen June 19, 2023, from the church.

The Jerusalem Post reports that the rabbi in charge of the Western Wall has decreed that Pope Benedict XVI should not wear a cross when he visits the sacred site in May. (The wall, also known as ...