Pope Benedict XVI News

In Pope Benedict's hands, Christian joy becomes the antidote to modern meaninglessness.

St. Alphonsa Muttathupadathu is the first Indian woman to be elevated to sainthood.

I don't think that Pope Benedict XVI is a Nazi, but beatifying Pius XII is morally indefensible and encourages suspicion Comments Tim Luckhurst Pope Benedict XVI gave his wartime predecessor, Pius XII, a big ...

Vatican City, Oct 9, 2008 .- Pope Benedict XVI commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Servant of God Pope Pius XII on Thursday at a Mass concelebrated with several cardinals.

India is to have its first female saint when Pope Benedict XVI canonizes Sister Alphonsa October 12 at the Vatican, media reports said Friday.

Pope Benedict XVI was set to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of pope Pius XII on Thursday as the Vatican vowed that history would exonerate the controversial Nazi-era pontiff.

Pope Benedict XVI is urging the world's peoples to be more welcoming of immigrants and refugees to their countries.

Pope Benedict XVI starts off marathon Bible reading >> Posted By ameliog 16 hours, 11 minutes ago in Religion 2.9 Read: 33 Propped: 20 Pope Benedict XVI has just kicked off a marathon reading of the Bible, from ...

New Delhi, Oct 7: An Indian delegation led by Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes will attend the canonization of Sister Alphonsa in the Vatican Oct 12.

Pope Benedict XVI at the end of Mass to celebrate the opening of the Synod of Bishops at St Paul Outside the Wall Basilica in Rome, Italy, yesterday.

Pope Benedict XVI, seen, during the works of a meeting of 253 bishops at the Vatican.

ROME -- In the beginning Pope Benedict XVI read these words: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth." And the pope and millions of viewers watching him on Italian television Sunday night saw ...

Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis show the futility of money and ambition.

Benedict says that 'now with the collapse of big banks we see that money disappears, is nothing and all these things that appear real are in fact of secondary importance.' He urges those who build their lives 'only on things that are visible, such as success, career, money' to keep that in mind.

The pontiff was speaking Monday as he opened the works of a meeting of 253 bishops at the Vatican.

Benedict says 'the only solid reality is the word of God.'

The Rev. Gerard Saguto, center, celebrates Holy Communion on Sunday during the first Mass of the North American Martyrs Parish.

Pope Benedict XVI has warned that modern culture is pushing God out of people's lives, causing nations once rich in religious faith to lose their identities.

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's opposition to contraception on the 40th anniversary of a papal encyclical on the controversial topic.

Pope Benedict XVI cautioned Roman Catholic bishops in former Soviet republics on Thursday against aggressive means of gaining converts, an issue that has complicated attempts to reconcile his church with ...

Gazette photo by Steve Morris Dorothy Gerson of Stillwater was recently awarded the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal by Pope Benedict XVI, which is the highest honor a layperson of the Catholic Church can ...

An image of Pope Benedict XVI appears on a computer monitor during an eighth-grade religion class at St.

Pope Benedict XVI sure as heck loves forgiveness! Italian comedienne Sabina Guzzanti will not be prosecuted for a jab as his Holiness, in which she said, "Within twenty years the Pope will be where he ought to ...