Pope baptizes formerly conjoined twins who were separated at Vatican hospital
- Aug 10, 2020
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Benedict XVI remembers brother as ‘man of God’
- Jul 9, 2020
In a letter read aloud at his brother’s funeral in Regensburg, retired pope Benedict XVI recalled several characteristics which he felt best described his eldest sibling, including a love of music, joy in adversity and a deep piety.
Retired Pope Benedict follows his brother’s funeral virtually
- Jul 8, 2020
Retired Pope Benedict XVI followed the funeral of his brother, Georg Ratzinger, via live streaming.
Retired pope visits former home, parents’ grave in Germany
- Jun 21, 2020
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI visited his former home near Regensburg, Germany, on Saturday, greeted old neighbors and prayed at his parents’ grave as part of a trip to his former haunts to be with his seriously ill 96-year-old brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger.
Italian nun murdered in Somalia to be beatified in Italy
- May 25, 2018
An Italian Consolata sister murdered in Somalia in 2006 will be beatified in Piacenza, Italy, May 26.
George Weigel weathering turbulent times with stouthearted friends
- Apr 15, 2018
In George Weigel’s latest book, he’s not reflecting on the Pope Francis era, but the entire global situation over the last quarter-century.
Nun killed in backlash over Regensburg declared a martyr
- Nov 9, 2017
Beyond that of Pope John Paul I, the “Smiling Pope,” other sainthood causes were also advanced this week by Pope Francis, including that of Sister Leonella Sgorbati, an Italian missionary nun shot to death in Somalia in 2006 along with her Muslim driver and bodyguard, Mohamed Osman Mahamud, in the backlash over Pope Benedict XVI’s famous Regensburg speech.
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