Very few of us will be historic figures. We are not famous now, nor will we be. It’d be nice if some folks come to our funeral some day, but after that most all of us join the long slow parade into ...

(RNS) — It’s hard for any of us to learn humility, but it’s even harder for an institution. The Roman Catholic Church has shown just how difficult it can be since its sex abuse crisis exploded anew in ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has praised his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI as courageous and humble on the first anniversary of his remarkable announcement that he would retire. Brazil’s former ...

Following the death of former Pope Benedict XVI at 95 in the Vatican Saturday, members of the Columbus community praised the leader’s “humility.” Previously known as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, ...

COMMENTARY: April 19 marks the 20th anniversary of the election as pope of one of the most consequential ecclesial figures of the last 75 years. Newly elected Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful ...

COMMENTARY: The Church should learn from the late Pope and St. Augustine's lessons of continual conversion, humility and prayer. Pope Benedict XVI prays before the remains of St Augustine during a ...

After the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the church mourns a dedicated pastor whose papal witness, especially his courageous final act as pope, stands as a model of grace and humility for his ...

President Joe Biden participates in a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House, Dec. 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) Earlier this year, I attended a St. Patrick’s Day ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Catholics from around the world and right here in West Michigan honored the life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Thursday. Benedict died last Saturday at the age of 95.

Pope Benedict XVI, employing ancient symbols of power and humility, ceremonially assumed leadership of the Catholic Church on Sunday and unveiled a broad manifesto of moral and social themes he ...

He has always been a man of paradox. A ferocious intellectual with a kindly face, a scholar in the arena, a German in Italy: Joseph Ratzinger, known to history as Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th bishop ...