The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Before concluding, Benedict XVI ...

Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia. Francis has increasingly handed off his day-to-day duties to cardinals as questions swirl about the near- and long-term ...

“I have arrived this far, taken these actions, removed these people, now it’s your turn,” said Benedict XVI, according to ...

He had spent 10 weeks in the war zone. In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI officially stepped down as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, citing a "lack of strength of mind and body." He was the first ...

Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected after the death of John Paul II, shocked the world when he became the first pope to resign in 600 years in 2013, paving the way for the election of Jorge Mario ...