Pope Francis presided over the funeral mass of Pope Benedict XVI, the first time in 200 years a pontiff has led the service of his predecessor.

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 ...

but long road remains to 'everlasting peace' Zen was similarly granted permission to fly to Rome in 2023 to attend the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He met with Pope Francis then, but health ...

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 ...

Natalia Tsarkova, official portrait artist to the popes for more than 20 years, likes to work from real life. “I am so meticulous about details. I have to see and touch and feel everything,” she said.

The Hashemite queen is the first queen to pay a private visit to Leo XIV. For the audience with the Pontiff, the sovereign ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to ...