Pope Benedict XVI News

PAPAL PLEA: Pope Benedict has urged the world leaders at the G8 summit in Japan to fight poverty.

Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, Australia, said that he thought it would be appropriate for Pope Benedict XVI to expect regret for the clerical sex-abuse scandal during his visit to Australia for World Youth ...

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 30, 2008 .- Rome was key for both Peter and Paul in their respective missions, affirmed Benedict XVI on the apostles' feast day, in a Vatican Mass celebrated in the company of the Orthodox ...

VATICAN CITY, JULY 2, 2008 .- Benedict XVI says he is praying for an end to situations of violence, kidnapping and extortion in Colombia.

Tuesday, 1 July 2008, 5:18 pm Press Release: Catholic Communications Christchurch young adult to lunch with the Pope at World Youth Day Holy Father, can you pass the salt, please?" For most of the 220,000 ...

The Church of England has refused to deny reports that senior bishops have held secret talks with Vatican officials over the crisis in the Anglican Communion.

Pope Benedict XVI plans to read out the Bible on Italian television in the autumn, Vatican sources said Thursday.

The Vatican has announced the summer schedule for Pope Benedict XVI, including a 9-day trip to Australia and a 2-week vacation in the Italian Alps.

By John Thavis Catholic News Service ROME - Joined by other Christian leaders, Pope Benedict XVI opened the year of St.

Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday in the Vatican asked religious leaders to continue to pray for Nigeria, noting that without prayers, no country can achieve true greatness.

Pope Benedict XVI has agreed to take part in a Bible-reading marathon on Italian television in October.

Colombian ex-hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she has been invited to a face-to-face meeting with Pope Benedict XVI next week at the Vatican.

Rome, Jun 30, 2008 .- In an interview with the Italian newspaper Avvenire, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, pointed out that Pope Benedict XVI would like to visit Africa in 2009, although ...

Pope Benedict XVI will meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy and representatives of the country's Jewish community during a stop in Paris on his September pilgrimage to the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes, the ...

MOST Australians consider themselves religious but say faith does not play a big part in their life, says a new survey showing few regularly pray or visit church.

No one wants to get a call from the police, do they? You immediately wonder whether the police are listening in to your phone line Pope Alice, as she appears on her website.

REPRESENTATIVES of Pope Benedict XVI have told a victim support group that an apology to sexual abuse victims is being considered for this month's visit to Australia.

Pope Benedict XVI in those red shoes. Pope watchers have been put on notice that the Vatican does not take kindly to facile labels like "retro" or "vintage" when discussing the sartorial choices of Pope ...

SYDNEY: An Australian Muslim school said on Wednesday it will house hundreds of young Catholic pilgrims when Pope Benedict XVI travels to Sydney this month on a visit organisers hope encourages interfaith ...

People across Hawaii rejoiced at news yesterday that Father Damien De Veuster is one major step closer to being declared a saint by the Catholic Church.