In 2007, when Pope Benedict XVI traveled to the Basilica of St. Pietro ... This is a 17th-century painting of St. Augustine by artist Philippe de Champaigne. The saint lived in the years 354-430 ...

As devotion to the Holy Face finds renewed interest, a new documentary connects ancient relics, modern miracles, and a ...

The painting, about 18 inches square ... and soon afterward consecrated Albania to Our Lady of Good Counsel. Pope Benedict XVI had an image of the icon placed in the Vatican Gardens in 2009.

With folded hands, Pope Benedict XVI stands on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica April 19, 2005, before a crowd of nearly 100,000 people. (CNS/Catholic Press Photo/Alessia Giuliani ...

It has become a common practice with new popes. Both Pope Francis in 2013 and Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 met with the media days after they were selected to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

In a statement May 13, the Dicastery for Communication said “Leo XIV inherits the X @Pontifex accounts used by Pope Francis and previously by Benedict XVI,” and a new account has also been ...

In the hours after Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, speculation swirled: Would the first American pontiff be a sequel to Francis — or more along the lines of St. John Paul II or Benedict XVI?

Pope Benedict XVI. The account, which communicates in nine languages — English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Polish, Arabic and Latin — has amassed a following of 52 million ...

and Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) contributed to a substantial sum of the Council’s documents. All of these pontiffs may then, in some respect, be considered “innovators ...

The Holy See first embraced social media under Pope Benedict XVI, who sent the inaugural papal tweet in 2012. Pope Francis built on that foundation, using Instagram and X extensively throughout ...

The Vatican launched the @Pontifex handle in 2012 during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. It now comes in nine languages — English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Polish ...

Pope Benedict XVI paid homage to Benedict XV, who led the church during World War I, but also to St. Benedict of Nursia, who founded the Benedictine Order and influenced the spread of Christianity ...