Pope Benedict XVI, a fierce defender of church dogma who ... his left eye and unable to walk unattended. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Following Benedict’s shock resignation the pope emeritus ...

Pope Benedict XVI, who died on Dec. 31 at the age of 95, spent less than eight years as the head of the Catholic Church. But he still managed to leave a complex legacy on the 2,000-year-old ...

Benedict XVI’s funeral and burial in the Vatican crypt took place on the morning of Jan. 5. Before the wooden coffin is closed, Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and ...

Benedict XVI will lie in state in St. Peter’s Basilica from Jan. 2-4. His funeral Mass will take place in the Vatican square on the morning of Jan 5. The Vatican has released photographs of the ...

Pope Benedict XVI on a tour of St. Peter’s Square at ... Here is a selection of images from Benedict’s long life. Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber blessing Joseph Ratzinger during his ordination ...

Pope Benedict XVI, who served as head of the Catholic church from 2005 to 2013, died on Saturday at age 95. Look back on his long career of religious service Joseph Ratzinger (pictured second ...

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope April 19, 2005 and has taken the name Benedict XVI. (Photo by German Catholic News Agency KNA via Getty Images) The picture in question was also included ...

Pope Benedict XVI appears at the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after he was elected to be the new pope on April 19, 2005. Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images Benedict was born Joseph Aloisius ...

People pray as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 3, 2023, in Vatican City.Christopher Furlong—Getty Images Benedict’s decision to retire may be what he ...

In this file photo, Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd gathered in St Mark's Square while crossing the square on an electric car on May 7, 2011, in Venice, Italy. Marco Secchi/Getty Images ...

Former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95, asked for forgiveness for those he has “wronged” in the spiritual testament published following his ...

Tens of thousands of Catholics from across the globe converged on St Peter’s Square in the Vatican to pay their final respects to former Pope Benedict XVI. Benedict, who passed away on Saturday ...