Feb. 27, 2013 — -- Interest in Pope Benedict XVI's last days as leader of the Catholic Church has heightened before his departure, offering a business opportunity in papal-related memorabilia ...

The news of Pope Benedict XVI resigning came as a shock to much of the world. Local leaders in the Catholic community were among those concerned, but reflected on his time as the head of the Catholic ...

Archbishop Samuel Aquila of the Archdiocese of Denver will submit his resignation as his birthday approaches in September.

Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he would resign Feb. 28 because he is simply too old to carry on. Here is the text of his announcement, delivered to cardinals gathered for a ceremony to name ...

The conditions of that pre-written resignation are also unknown to the public. Benedict XVI, meanwhile, has already demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.

He says that Pope Benedict XVI leaves a "positive" legacy for Christians and Muslims. Haris Tarin, director of the Washington, DC office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, says Pope Benedict ...

March 26, 2010— -- As outrage mounted over the latest Catholic Church sex scandal, writer Christopher Hitchens called for the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI, and singer Sinead O'Connor said the ...

Pope Leo XIV hopes that “everyone will be able to enjoy some vacation time in order to restore both body and spirit.” ...

"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ...

Also read: Francis: Outsider pope who humanised papacy, de-stigmatised homosexuality Pope Benedict took the opportunity to affirm his promise of unconditional reverence for and obedience to the ...