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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Natalia Tsarkova works on a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in her studio in central Rome. (Daniel Ibáñez/CNA)

From ‘real life’: Papal artist unveils painting of Benedict XVI as pope emeritus

Hannah Brockhaus|Nov 3, 2022|5 Min Read

Pope Benedict XVI attends a celebration for his 85th birthday in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican April 16, 2012. (CNS photo/Stefano Spaziani, pool)

Five things to know about Benedict XVI on his 95th birthday

Hannah Brockhaus|Apr 16, 2022|2 Min Read

Pope Francis visits with Pope Benedict XVI at the retired pope's residence after a consistory at the Vatican in this Nov. 28, 2020, file photo. This photo was released by the Vatican Feb. 9 after Pope Francis, at his general audience, praised Pope Benedict's comment in a statement the previous day recognizing his own presence before "the dark door of death." (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Benedict XVI was ‘a prophet’ of Church’s future, Pope Francis tells Malta’s Jesuits

Courtney Mares|Apr 14, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Benedict XVI waves farewell at Franz Josef Strauss International Airport in Munich, Germany, in this Sept. 14, 2006, file photo at the end of a six-day trip to his homeland. The retired pope will celebrate his 95th birthday April 16, Holy Saturday. (CNS photo/Wolfgang Rattay, Reuters)

Catholics invited to congratulate Benedict XVI on his 95th birthday

Catholic News Agency|Apr 14, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Benedict XVI gives a blessing during a visit at the cathedral in Freiburg, Germany, Sept. 24, 2011. In responses to questions posed by a German magazine, the now-retired pope referred to a speech in Freiburg in which he emphasized that the church must set itself apart from its surroundings. (CNS photo/Arnd Wiegmann, Reuters)

World

Benedict XVI laments lack of faith within Church institutions in Germany

Catholic News Agency|Jul 26, 2021|3 Min Read

In this Oct. 6, 2004 file photo, Hans Küng, attends the Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Hans Küng, the Roman Catholic theologian who was an early colleague and friend of the future Pope Benedict XVI but later fell foul of the Vatican for challenging church doctrine and became a vocal critic of the pontiff, has died. He was 93. Küng died Tuesday April 6, 2021, at his home in Tuebingen, according to the Global Ethic Foundation, or Stiftung Weltethos in German, which he established in 1995. (Michael Probst/AP via Crux)

Küng, original celebrity theologian and liberal muse, dead at 93

John L. Allen Jr.|Apr 7, 2021|6 Min Read

A bust of Italian poet Dante Alighieri is seen next to an etching of him at the University of Bologna in Ravenna, Italy, in this January 16, 2007, file photo. In the runup to next year's 700th anniversary of the death of Dante, Pope Francis said he hopes people can read the Italian poet's "Divine Comedy." (CNS photo/Marco Bucco, Reuters)

700 years after his death, Dante still inspires popes

Inés San Martín|Mar 25, 2021|4 Min Read

In this file photo, Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican March 17, 2021. The pope spoke about the role of the Holy Spirit in making Jesus present in people's lives. (CNS photo/Vatican Media.)

Faith

Once again, Pope Francis says Mary is not the ‘co-redemptrix’

Inés San Martín|Mar 24, 2021|4 Min Read

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