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 ...

VATICAN CITY -- Former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95, asked for forgiveness for those he has "wronged" in the spiritual testament published ...

Cardinal Kurt Koch celebrated a pontifical Mass at the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, marking the second anniversary of the pope emeritus’ death. The pope from Bavaria, ...

The first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. Served as chief theological adviser to Pope John Paul II. As dean of the College of Cardinals, it was his duty to call the cardinals to Rome for ...

Vatican officials have confirmed that the health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened after Pope Francis asked the faithful to pray for his predecessor. “Regarding the health conditions of the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world when he announced his resignation in 2013, the first in 600 years. That led some to wonder if, as he grew increasingly frail and sick, Pope Francis ...

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.

May 25, 2006 - Travels to Poland to pay homage to the late Pope John Paul II. He visits John Paul’s birth home in Wadowice, and travels to Krakow, the city where John Paul lived before he assumed the ...