VATICAN CITY -- Dignitaries and religious leaders have been paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95. Benedict, who was the first ...

VATICAN CITY -- 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 ...

Vatican officials have confirmed that the health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened after Pope Francis asked the faithful to pray for his predecessor. “Regarding the health conditions of the ...

This pope had several favorite foods, but the amount of cantaloupe he could consume in a day had many people thinking it had ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope in 600 years to resign. He did so at the age of 85 in 2013, leading to the election of Pope Francis. Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 on New Year’s Eve ...

Benedict is "deeply grateful for the understanding, support, and prayers" VATICAN CITY, Feb. 27, 2013— -- On his final full day as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he would step down at the end of the month is stunning but not surprising for a man with experience running a critical sector of the Vatican hierarchy while his ...

On his last day in office on Thursday, Pope Benedict XVI offered a final blessing to his cardinals, and pledged his loyalty to the new pope—whoever that may be. Benedict began the day by delivering a ...

The pope is quite the fashionista. Feb. 28, 2013— -- intro:He might be the leader of the Catholic world and the top dog of one of the longest-running insitutions in human history. But that ...

On Saturday, L'Osservatore Romano, the newspaper of the Vatican, published excerpts of a book-length interview between Pope Benedict XVI and the German journalist Peter Seewald. The book, Light of the ...