VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign on Feb. 28 because he was simply too infirm to carry on — the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the ...

Benedict XVI is now the first Pope to resign his office in 600 years. The Pope Emeritus left the Vatican by helicopter today and flew to the summer residence, Castel Gondolfo, where he addressed a ...

Francis who became the first Latin American Pope, hinted that he may retire soon like his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who became the first pope to resign from office in seven centuries when he stepped ...