The death of the pope emeritus, Benedict XVI, was succeeded by a small literary outpouring, a rush of publications that…
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Liberal supporters of Francis, a pope never shy about exercising power, now anticipate a late-breaking season of change.
“The words of a dead man,” W.H. Auden wrote in his elegy for a fellow poet, “are modified in the…
VATICAN CITY — The unusual nature of Thursday’s funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, presided over by his successor, Pope…
Tens of thousands came to see the pope emeritus, who died on Saturday at age 95, as he lay in…
Joseph Ratzinger was accused of mishandling cases when he was bishop of Munich, but as pope he was credited with…
Even after his resignation as pope, traditionalists invoked Benedict’s name and sought to draw him into internecine ideological wars. Now…
The first pope to resign was Celestine V, born Pietro Da Morrone, who was living the life of a pious…
CHRISTIANSTED, V.I. — President Biden praised former Pope Benedict XVI for his “generosity” on Saturday, joining other American Catholics in…
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