Written by Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director at EWTN News, it is the first authoritative biographical ...

(photo: Wikimedia Commons/Official Portrait / Public Domain ... figures and even some cardinal-archbishops created by Pope Benedict XVI. While the possibility of the first American pope seems ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops ...

He will succeed Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at age 88 and was himself elected following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013 ... element of the portrait of a bishop is being a ...

Heinlein, OSV News Following the April 21 death of Pope Francis, a great curiosity hovered across the world as the College of ...

Diners eat in view of a portrait of the group’s inspiration ... The rise of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger – later Pope Benedict XVI – is traced back to a bloc of cardinals that formed over ...

This will be done with particular reference to the impact of his three immediate predecessors: two largely conservative pontiffs—John Paul II (pope from 1978-2005) and Benedict XVI (2005-13 ...

“We saw that with Pope Benedict XVI [elected] in 2005 and Pope Francis ... “So what we want to do with this book is to offer a first portrait of the life, formation, and journey of Robert ...

Turning to Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy, Benedict spoke lovingly ... The Magnificat — a portrait, so to speak, of her soul — is entirely woven from threads of Holy Scripture, threads drawn ...

Vatican cuts phone signal ahead of secret Sistine Chapel vote to elect new pope - In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni Battista Re prayed for the cardinal electors to be enlightened to c ...