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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A worldwide Catholic conversation that effectively stopped when Benedict XVI was elected pope eight years ago has been rekindled by his plan to resign. Issues include celibacy, the role of women ...

"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 ...

The Bishop of the Diocese of Kalibo, Jose Corazon Tala-oc, has resigned his pastoral care of the diocese after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, June 17 ...

Benedict XVI Is the Second-to-Last Pope, Says Irish Prophet Malachy. Irish prophet Malachy predicted the world will end after reign of current pope. By ABC News. September 5, 2009, 12:03 PM.