On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election, retired Pope Benedict XVI defended the continuity of the church’s teaching under his successor and dismissed those who criticize the pope’s theological foundations.
Retired pope says criticism against Pope Francis is ‘foolish prejudice’
Vatican denies report Pope Benedict has degenerative disease
The Vatican denied that retired Pope Benedict XVI has a degenerative neurological disease or paralyzing condition after his brother, 94-year-old Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, told a magazine that Pope Benedict had a debilitating disease.
Pilgrim pope: Benedict says he’s journeying toward God
Almost exactly five years after announcing his intention to be the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign, Pope Benedict wrote “I am on a pilgrimage toward Home,” capitalizing the Italian word “casa” or “home.”
Two popes, one mission: Cardinal looks at papal ministry
Although with different personalities and different tones, the papacies of both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI focus on proclaiming the Gospel in a world that seems to confuse truth and lies, goodness and evil, said Cardinal Gerhard Muller.
Pope Francis, retired Pope Benedict praise Patriarch Bartholomew
Defending religious freedom, fighting indifference to attacks on human dignity and promoting care of creation are obligations that Orthodox and Catholics share and areas where Pope Francis said he and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople are in deep harmony.
Pope Benedict denies latest rumors about Fatima ‘secret’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Sixteen years after the Vatican released the text of the so-called Third Secret of Fatima, rumors cyclically arise claiming that the Vatican […]
Pope Benedict: Yearning for mercy is sign of longing for God’s love
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Although he lives a relatively hidden life in a villa in the Vatican Gardens, retired Pope Benedict XVI continues to study modern […]