The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation announced a series of initiatives across several continents that will ...

Benedict XVI was born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, Germany. He was the 265th Pope, having ...

VATICAN: A broad international program of initiatives is underway to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Pope Benedict ...

A series of events will take place in 2027 marking the centenary of the birth of the late pope, honoring his legacy and his ...

First there was white smoke and the bells of St. Peter's. Then "Habemus papam," the announcement by Chilean Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez that the conclave of cardinals had named the 265th Pope. With ...

On April 18, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger delivered a homily during the Missa pro eligendo Romano Pontifice, rich in ...

The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference praised the late philosopher Jürgen Habermas’ landmark 2004 dialogue with the future Pope Benedict XVI on faith and reason. Internationally renowned ...