Right: Pope Benedict XVI prays Dec. 8, 2007, in Rome. (photo: St. Augustine’s Press / Shutterstock) The paradox of Pope Benedict XVI is that a man widely regarded as a staunch defender of ...

Pope Francis has said former Pope Benedict XVI is very ill and he has asked pilgrims at the Vatican to pray for him. Benedict, 95, became the first leader of the Catholic Church to stand down in ...

I also feel supported by the spiritual closeness of all the people of God whom, as I repeated last Sunday, I continue to ask to accompany me with persistent prayer ... Pope appealed to St ...

Pope John Paul II taught us to contemplate Christ with Mary's eyes, valuing especially the prayer of the Rosary." (Zenit, May 2) In his own way, Benedict XVI values, too, the prayer of the rosary. For ...

Cardinal Kurt Koch prays at the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI on the second anniversary of the pontiff's death, Dec. 31, 2024. EWTN “Joseph Ratzinger — Benedict XVI reflected on this throughout ...

Francis’ declaration on Friday is a repudiation of an earlier decree by his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI ... recited on Good Friday included a “prayer for the Jews” that called for ...

Benedict’s predecessor, Pope John Paul II ... liturgy also known as the Latin Mass — which includes a Good Friday prayer that many view as antisemitic because it prays for the conversion ...

Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.