“Some wanted me dead,” he quipped once after he heard some prelates in Rome had started plotting ... alternate as a point of reference, Pope Benedict XVI, who resided as pope emeritus in ...

The alternative locations Most conclaves were held in Rome, with some ... who were both nearly 85. Benedict XVI was 78 when he was elected in 2005. A non-cardinal pope and non-Italian pope There ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

"Resuming the Wednesday general audiences," he went on, "I wish to speak of the name I chose on becoming bishop of Rome and pastor of the universal Church. I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ...

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Like all major tourist destinations, Rome is awash in souvenirs. With Holy Year Catholic pilgrims, Pope Francis ’ funeral and ...

But conservatives in the ranks may be more focused on forging unity and refocusing the church back to core doctrines emphasized by St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, rather than continuing ...

The new Pope is 69 years old. Here are the ages at which the three previous Popes began their papacies: John Paul II, ...

The cardinals set the date for the conclave. Their next meeting is on Monday morning at 9 a.m. Rome time. All the electors ...

But as Cardinals arrive in Rome in preparation of Francis' funeral, questions are being raised on his controversial predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned in 2013, with Francis voted as his ...

This appointment also demonstrates that Trump has Rome on his radar ... In 2020, he co-authored a book with the then retired Pope Benedict XVI defending clerical celibacy at the moment when ...

Pope Benedict XVI had made Burke a cardinal in 2010 ... He earned degrees from Catholic universities in Washington and Rome and worked in the Vatican office overseeing appointments of bishops.