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 ...

The ecumenical gestures comes as the Anglican Communion undergoes a split over the choice of a woman for archbishop of ...

VATICAN CITY -- A day after news emerged that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's health had worsened within a few hours, a Vatican official updated Thursday that he "is absolutely lucid and alert." ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope in 600 years to resign. He did so at the age of 85 in 2013, leading to the election of Pope Francis. Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 on New Year’s Eve ...

Pope Leo was joined by King Charles to pray together for the first time since the British monarchy split from the Catholic ...

Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he would step down at the end of the month is stunning but not surprising for a man with experience running a critical sector of the Vatican hierarchy while his ...