Benedict XVI was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. His papacy faced several challenges, including the...
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As Cardinal Christoph Schönborn celebrated his 80th birthday Wednesday, Pope Francis accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Vienna,...
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Bishop Barron's Word on Fire was selected to publish all of Joseph Ratzinger's pre-papal writings in English, many for the first time.
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Pope Francis voted for Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, in the 2005 conclave that followed the death of St. John Paul II.
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In the death of Hans Küng, Professor Pablo Blanco Sarto traces the twists and turns of the friendship between Küng and Ratzinger, which also reflects the...
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Cyril O'Regan, the Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected to receive the 2024...
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The problem with drug use is not just its grave danger to our bodily and psychological well-being, nor that it constitutes a radical assertion of self-will.
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At a Mass of suffrage for Benedict XVI marking the second anniversary of his death, Cardinal Kurt Koch highlights the theological legacy of...
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Joseph Ratzinger, future Pope Benedict XVI, wrote an endearing Epiphany letter when he was 7 years old and it was discovered in 2012.
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The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation awards the Ratzinger Prize to Notre Dame theologian Cyril O'Regan and Japanese sculptor...
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