A pectoral cross of Pope Benedict XVI that was kept in the parish church of St. Oswald in Traunstein has been stolen, the KNA news agency reported June 20, when German police announced its disappearance.
According to the police report, unknown perpetrators broke
As David Werning continues his Church documents’ series, this month he writes on Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, with a message "to call forth in the world renewed energy and commitment in the human response to God's love.” Werning
While the Second Vatican Council gave the Catholic Church a "beautiful" document on the priesthood, "it did not face the fundamental question" of the difference between Catholic and Protestant understandings of ordained ministry, wrote Pope Benedict XVI in an essay published after
OSV publisher Scott P. Richert writes about the lasting legacy of Pope Benedict XVI. “There are no coincidences, only divine providence, as our pastor, Father Tony Steinacker, is fond of saying; and the death … Pope Benedict XVI, on the Seventh Day
Soon after Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, an Italian publisher released early copies of a book by the late pope's secretary.
Archbishop Georg Gänswein's book, "Nothing but the Truth: My Life Beside Benedict XVI,"
Elizabeth Scalia reflects on the many calls of duty that Pope Benedict received that went against his own preferences.
In what looks like a continuation of pontifical legacy, Pope Benedict XVI was buried in the crypt where his Polish predecessor, St. John Paul II, was first buried. St. John XXIII also was buried there prior to his beatification.
A triple coffin --
(OSV News) — The U.S. bishops are inviting Catholics to participate in a Jan. 5 to Jan. 13 novena for the repose of retired Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31 at the age of 95. The start of the novena coincides
How does one even begin to assess the legacy of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI? His career spanned over 60 years, and he wore many hats during several tumultuous decades: priest, theologian, theological expert at the Second Vatican Council, author, bishop, head of
Deep in the pre-dawn dark of December 31, the nurse attending Benedict XVI’s bedside heard him utter a soft and clear sentence: “Signore ti amo!” — Lord, I love you. They would be his last words. A bed of pain. A voice