Pope Francis is dead, soon it will be time to choose his successor (Buda Mendes/Getty Images) According to ... pope number 111 on the list was Benedict XVI, the immediate predecessor to Pope ...

Defining images of the ... Sipa US/Alamy Stock Image source, Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters Francis's socially liberal and minimalistic beliefs contrasted with Benedict's more traditional views ...

STOCK PHOTO/Getty ... and the most recent in 1831. Benedict is tied for second, also with 16 uses, with the most recent being Pope Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI. Some purists, however ...

Pope Francis with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI (left ... on 13 March 2013 Eric Vandeville/ Abaca Press / Alamy Stock Images By taking the name Francis, the new pope aligned himself with a saint ...

Welcome back. In a message on Monday for the world’s grandparents and elderly people, Pope Francis said: God never abandons his children, never. Even when our age advances and our powers decline ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For busy Catholics who want to experience the late Pope Benedict XVI’s wisdom and deep theological insights, GOD IS EVER NEW: MEDITATIONS ON LIFE, LOVE, AND FREEDOM (Ignatius ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 – The Vatican marked the first anniversary on Sunday of the death of Pope Benedict XVI, with one of his closest aides saying he never would have approved a recent ...

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 ...

Vlado was one of my sources for Live Not By Lies. We were talking about the ailing Pope Benedict XVI. Vlado mentioned that in 2015, he received a letter from Benedict XVI, as Pope Emeritus.

Pope Benedict XVI addresses The United Nations General Assembly. (Photo by Thomas Monaster/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) On Thursday, his longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein ...

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 ...

The funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 95, is being held in Saint Peter's Square, directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on ...