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His resignation as pope in 2013 shocked the world.
ROME — When Benedict XVI resigned in 2013, he was the first pope to do so in six centuries, and…
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From Germans, an Outpouring of Mixed Emotions at Benedict XVI’s Death
Church bells rang across Germany on Saturday as leaders around the country paid their respects to Benedict XVI — the…
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Pope Benedict’s Life in Pictures
A soft-spoken intellectual and scholar, Benedict XVI was the head of the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics for eight years,…
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Pope Francis Asks for Prayers for ‘Very Ill’ Benedict
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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Pope Francis to Return 3 Parthenon Marble Fragments to Greece
The pope will donate the 2,500-year-old pieces held by the Vatican Museums to the archbishop of Athens, a gesture that…
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Pope Francis compares Russia’s war against Ukraine to a devastating Stalin-era famine.
Pope Francis on Wednesday compared the war in Ukraine to the “terrible Holodomor genocide” of the 1930s, when the policies…
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Jeremy Pope Is Telling Himself ‘Yes’
I’ve interviewed my fair share of leading men, and I know how often that conversation turns into a war of…