HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died at 95-years-old on Saturday after reports of being ill surfaced. In 2013, he was the first Pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the position ...

VATICAN CITY -- Dignitaries and religious leaders have been paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95. Benedict, who was the first ...

Pope Francis presided over the funeral mass of Pope Benedict XVI, the first time in 200 years a pontiff has led the service of his predecessor.

Vatican officials have confirmed that the health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened after Pope Francis asked the faithful to pray for his predecessor. “Regarding the health conditions of the ...

The core of the idea is that a “healthy” secularism is one in which church and state are separate, but in which religious institutions and believers are encouraged to play important roles in public ...

The pope is quite the fashionista. Feb. 28, 2013— -- intro:He might be the leader of the Catholic world and the top dog of one of the longest-running insitutions in human history. But that ...

On his last day in office on Thursday, Pope Benedict XVI offered a final blessing to his cardinals, and pledged his loyalty to the new pope—whoever that may be. Benedict began the day by delivering a ...

COMMENTARY: The challenge of using such a framework is that many audiences take Brother Sun and Mother Earth and leave aside ...

In his first Apostolic Exhortation, “Dilexi Te”, Pope Leo XIV completes a call to action begun by Pope Francis in the final ...

In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in ...

Pope Leo XIV has asked Catholics to join him in praying that members of different religions would work together to make life ...