Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Francis will preside over the burial of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, but many questions remain unanswered

Asking for forgiveness from “those he wronged” Benedict’s past decisions and actions come under scrutiny once again

The former pope's body will be placed in St. Peter’s Basilica from Jan. 2 for the faithful's greeting

Pope Francis has denied wanting to quit or having cancer, two rumours prompted by the announcement that he is to visit the shrine of a medieval pope who resigned at the end of the 13th century like Francis's predecessor Benedict...

A German victim of a pedophile priest has denounced Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI for knowing about the abuse and doing nothing about it when he was archbishop of Munich and Freising in the 1980s, according to German media. The then...

In recent days it has been announced that Pope Francis is thinking of resigning, as did his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI did on 28 February 2013. The newspaper Libero reported on Aug. 23 that there was "a conclave in the...