Benedict XVI Archives - Page 3 of 9

British actor compares medieval Church to ISIS

Church in Europe
Feb 27, 2019

In a recent interview, British actor Ruper Everett declares his crusade against the Catholic Church.

Two losses drain just a bit of color from the Vatican scene

News Analysis
Jan 3, 2019

Russian journalist Alexei Bukalov and Italian academic Giovannia Maria Vian both recently departed the Vatican scene.

Francis, Benedict say there is ‘urgent’ need to address human rights

Vatican
Nov 15, 2018

Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have praised a symposium happening this week in Rome exploring human rights, saying there has been a breakdown of the idea of a right, putting the development of humanity at risk.

New Orleans ‘Hope Monstrance’ to visit U.S. communities hit by disasters

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 19, 2018

Pope Benedict XVI personally blessed the Hope monstrance, and granted a plenary indulgence to those who prayed before it and fulfilled other necessary conditions.

If there were secret sanctions on McCarrick, it wouldn’t be a first

Vatican
Sep 18, 2018

We don’t know if there were secret restrictions on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick under Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, but if there were, it wouldn’t be the first time.

Catholic donor denies he consulted on Viganò allegations against Pope Francis

Church in the US, Religion News Service
Sep 9, 2018

Timothy Busch, a conservative Catholic lawyer and donor, is denying claims he was consulted on a letter written last month by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò alleging, among other things, that Pope Francis ignored accusations of sexual abuse by a prominent cleric in Washington, D.C.