Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI lived a fascinating and exceptional life. Millions of faithful Catholics not only have a desire to honestly know Joseph Ratzinger better, but have legitimate wonders ...

Former Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest with a funeral mass before thousands of mourners in St. Peter's Square Thursday, with Pope Francis presiding over the event and honoring his predecessor’s ...

The long Holy Saturday life of Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger will mark a final milestone this April 16. Unless he lives until 106, his 95th birthday will be the last time his calendar birthday and his ...

Last week, parishioners filled the packed pews inside St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton to remember the pope during a memorial Mass led by Bishop Joseph Bambera. Bambera, who was appointed by Pope ...

The Vatican announced Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, that Pope Benedict XVI, the former Joseph Ratzinger, died at age 95. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, Germany, he grew ...

Pope Benedict XVI on a tour of St. Peter’s Square at the end of his inaugural Mass in April 2005.Credit...James Hill for The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times A soft-spoken ...

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 ...

Following the announcement of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday at the age of 95, Vatican News looks back at his long life and its main highlights with the following official ...