Pope Leo XIV on June 17 received the bishops of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, with whom he shared four “coordinates” for ...

Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome. The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Leo ...

Agostino Giovagnoli, a professor of Church history at Milan’s Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, described the more ...

While it only took him two weeks to publish a book on Pope Leo XIV, Dr. Matthew Bunson humourously refuted the notion that he ...

Controversies in the pontificate After his election, Pope Benedict XVI had to confront a growing sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. While a cardinal, he had publicly downplayed the ...

X / Catholic Quotes @CatholicQuote12 Pope Benedict XVI's life and legacy spark interest ... Then came a moment that broke with centuries of tradition: his resignation, the first of its kind ...

Where Benedict XVI stood as a staunch defender of tradition and doctrinal precision, Pope Francis has emerged as an advocate for a Church that engages with the modern world. This divergence in ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world when he announced ... The ministry of the great patriarchs is always for life. And historical tradition is important.” Gera contributed ...

(photo: St. Augustine’s Press / Shutterstock) The paradox of Pope Benedict XVI is that a man widely regarded as a staunch defender of tradition ultimately broke with centuries of precedent by ...

I am of course referring to Pope Benedict XVI. This “humble worker in the ... especially with its “topsy-turvy use of Scripture and Tradition.” Furthermore, as the young Benedict progressed ...

The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation awarded ... and the great religious traditions,” Lombardi said. The pope “was well aware of the possibilities and risks of humanity ...