Writer Simcha Fisher takes a unique look at the death and legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. As we mourn his passing, she writes, we must resist the temptation to bicker and argue and point fingers and take sides, as so many
This morning, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, arrived in Rome to pay his last respects to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and attend his funeral. He writes: “My first stop was Santa Sabina, the mother church of the
Pope Benedict XVI was a "great teacher of catechesis" whose "sharp and gentle thinking" led others to encounter Jesus, Pope Francis said.
To begin his Jan. 4 general audience, the pope asked pilgrims to join the tens of thousands of people gathered in
With details set for the funeral Mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the Our Sunday Visitor staff has compiled five things everyone should know for Thursday’s event.
In a Q&A with OSV News, Seewald takes a look at the legacy of the German pope he studied and who, he said, "will be canonized some day."
What does it mean to die well? The end, it’s inevitable for all of us. When, we don’t know. How, we don’t know. Where, we don’t know. But we know it’s coming. As Gretchen R. Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News, writes in
Following the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, many of the comment boxes and social media feeds reacting to the announcement of his death were marked by malicious slander. In the secular press, the late pontiff’s legacy has been recapped with quick
Monsignor Owen Campion looks back at the tremendous legacy of faith Pope Benedict XVI left to the Church and the world: “It is reported that, with his final breath, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI murmured, ‘Lord, I love you.’ It was a last
Life is not a journey toward independence and autonomy. Life, when lived well, is about growing into our dependence on God until, finally, all else is swept away. As the Church mourns the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, I am struck
On Tuesday, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, will begin a pilgrimage to Rome to pay his last respects to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and attend his funeral. He writes: “As a young seminarian, Pope Benedict was deeply