Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic world by becoming the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign. Now his death…
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The clerical sex abuse scandal festered and then broke open under Pope John Paul II in the years that Cardinal…
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ROME — When Benedict XVI resigned in 2013, he was the first pope to do so in six centuries, and…
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Even after his retirement a decade ago, the former pope remained the unofficial figurehead of the conservative wing of the…
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On Sept. 12, 2006, a newly minted Pope Benedict XVI delivered an address at the University of Regensburg in his…
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Church bells rang across Germany on Saturday as leaders around the country paid their respects to Benedict XVI — the…
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He defined a conservative course for the Roman Catholic Church, but his papacy was noted for his struggle with the…
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Francis called on the faithful to offer up support for his 95-year-old predecessor as the Vatican said that the retired…
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