A prominent leader in the American Catholic Church known for feuding with one of the most powerful political figures in ...

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

The newly named Leo will be a welcome voice, with a Midwestern accent, against the unchristian attitude of the present ...

Cardinals have returned to the Sistine Chapel for the second day of the secretive process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

The resulting furor first brought Ranjith into contact with then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who backed his position. Ranjith coordinated John Paul II’s January 1995 visit to Sri Lanka ...

Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger by birth, is not just famous as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, but also as a prolific writer whose books have majorly impacted theological ...

Following are some of the major events of the life and ministry of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88.

Directed by Fernando Meirelles, the 2019 Netflix dramedy "The Two Popes" centers on religious rivals-turned-friends Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins), aka Joseph Ratzinger, and Cardinal Jorge ...

The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation awarded its annual Ratzinger Prize this week to two Spaniards, the theologian Father Pablo Blanco Sarto and the philosopher Professor Francesc ...

Joseph Ratzinger permitted himself only once, so far as I know, to speculate publicly as to God’s reasons for having chosen him as pope. He said he thought that in choosing this particular ...