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Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI on Aug. 28, 2010. (L'Osservatore Romano via CNA)

Benedict XVI praises “glorious music” of Bach in festival message

Catholic News Agency|Jul 28, 2020|3 Min Read

A photo is seen near the casket of Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, brother of retired Pope Benedict XVI, during his funeral Mass at the cathedral in Regensburg , Germany, July 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Uwe Moosburger, Bistum Regensburg via Reuters)

Retired Pope Benedict follows his brother's funeral virtually

Catholic News Service|Jul 8, 2020|2 Min Read

Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, a musician and retired Pope Benedict XVI's elder brother, died at age 96 July 1, 2020. Msgr. Ratzinger is pictured in a file photo. (CNS photo/Michaela Rehle, Reuters)

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Msgr. Ratzinger, retired pope's brother, dies at 96

Catholic News Service|Jul 1, 2020|4 Min Read

Retired Pope Benedict XVI smiles at Germany's Munich Airport before his departure to Rome June 22, 2020. Pope Benedict, who is 93, traveled to Germany to see his ailing older brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who is 96. (CNS photo/Sven Hoppe, pool via Reuters)

Retired pope returns to Vatican after visiting his brother in Germany

Cindy Wooden|Jun 22, 2020|3 Min Read

Pope John Paul II in 1996. (Vatican Media via CNA)

Full text: Benedict XVI's letter marking St. John Paul II's birth centenary

Catholic News Agency|May 15, 2020|10 Min Read

Pope John Paul II greets Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger during his inauguration October 22, 1978. (Vatican Media via CNA)

Benedict XVI hails John Paul II as ‘liberating restorer’ of Church

Catholic News Agency|May 15, 2020|6 Min Read

Retired Pope Benedict XVI, pictured in a 2010 file photo, celebrated his 93rd birthday April 16, 2020. In a newly published biography, Pope Benedict said the Catholic Church is threatened by a "worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies." He cited same-sex marriage, abortion and the "creation of humans in the laboratory" as examples. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

In new biography, Pope Benedict says world threatened by humanism

Catholic News Service|May 4, 2020|3 Min Read

Retired Pope Benedict XVI, pictured in a 2014 file photo, celebrated his 93rd birthday April 16, 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Retired pope, celebrating 93rd birthday, is well, secretary says

Catholic News Service|Apr 16, 2020|2 Min Read

In this June 28, 2017 file photo, Pope Francis, left, and Pope Benedict XVI, meet each other on the occasion of the elevation of five new cardinals at the Vatican. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm the value of priestly celibacy, contributing to a bombshell book at the precise moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to allow married men to be ordained to address the Catholic priest shortage. (L'Osservatore Romano/AP via Crux)

In tempest over Benedict XVI and book on celibacy, ‘It is as it was’

John L. Allen Jr.|Jan 15, 2020|5 Min Read

Pope Francis visits his predecessor, retired Pope Benedict XVI, at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery at the Vatican in this Dec. 21, 2018, file photo. Pope Benedict has defended priestly celibacy in a new book written with Cardinal Robert Sarah. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Retired pope wants his name removed as co-author of book on celibacy

Cindy Wooden|Jan 14, 2020|8 Min Read

In this Sept. 28, 2014 file photo, Pope Francis, right, hugs Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (Gregorio Borgia/AP via Crux)

New celibacy kerfuffle sparks debate over role of pope emeritus

Elise Ann Allen|Jan 14, 2020|5 Min Read

Retired Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis meet new cardinals at the retired pope's residence after a consistory at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via Crux)

Benedict is defending celibacy from the media, not from Francis

Charles Collins|Jan 13, 2020|4 Min Read

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