Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, said he hopes the beatification process will begin soon for ...

When Pope emeritus Benedict XVI resigned as pontiff three years ago, he added a new dimension to the papacy, said his personal secretary Archbishop Georg Ganswein. Archbishop Ganswein remains prefect ...

ROME — Retired Pope Benedict XVI on Feb. 8 acknowledged past failings of the Catholic Church in confronting clergy sexual abuse under his watch but stopped short of a direct, personal apology after an ...

The funeral rite for Benedict XVI followed that which was reserved for Pope John Paul II on April 8, 2005, but there were some differences. Archbishop Georg Ganswein (left), longtime personal ...

Benedict XVI’s funeral and burial in the Vatican crypt took place on the morning of Jan. 5. Before the wooden coffin is closed, Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and ...

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during an audience at the Vatican in 2007. (Andrew Medichini/AP) LONDON — The Vatican announced Saturday that the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at age 95.

Vatican City — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday, a day after it revealed that the 95-year-old's health had ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of the Roman Catholic faithful Thursday in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass for a dead pope presided over by a living one, ...