Vatican to publish ‘private’ homilies of late Pope Benedict December 30, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News The Vatican publishing house announced it will release a book of some 130 homilies given by the late Pope Benedict XVI at private Sunday Masses — 30 given while he was pope and more than 100 given to members of his household once he retired.
Everyday collaborators of Pope Benedict XVI remember the late pontiff December 30, 2023By Magdalena Wolinska-Riedi OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News On Dec. 31, 2022, the Catholic world stopped as Pope Benedict XVI passed away on the last day of the year, leaving behind an enormous theological legacy.
‘I love you, Papa!’: Maryland Catholics recall encounters with Pope Benedict XVI January 26, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Pope Benedict XVI Catholics from the Archdiocese of Baltimore share their encounters with Pope Benedict XVI, a man one lay woman called a “wise, understanding, holy man.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: Remembering Pope Emeritus Benedict January 10, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Radio Interview Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori and Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker reflect on the life and legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
In a turn of history, Poland is country that will miss German pope the most January 9, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Hundreds of Polish priests dropped everything and came to Rome to pay tribute to the pope emeritus.
Pope’s tribute to predecessor ‘refined and profound,’ says Benedict aide January 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Father Federico Lombardi said that the pope’s message was a “very refined and profound” tribute to his predecessor that respected the liturgy of a funeral Mass.
Dioceses, bishops across the nation celebrate Masses in honor of Pope Benedict XVI January 6, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, World News Archdioceses and dioceses across the U.S. have been celebrating liturgies praying for the peaceful repose of the soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, 95, who passed away on New Year’s Eve, and was buried in Rome Jan. 5.
Pope Benedict XVI laid to rest today where two canonized popes were buried January 5, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News In what looks like a continuation of pontifical legacy, Pope Benedict XVI was buried in the crypt where his Polish predecessor, St. John Paul II, was first buried.
Archbishop Lori call’s Pope Benedict’s funeral ‘noble simplicity’ January 5, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican Among the more than 50,000 people in St. Peter’s Square Jan. 5 for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, who said the subdued nature of the liturgy was at the request of the retired pontiff, the first to resign the papacy in more than 600 years.
Mourners see pope’s funeral as celebration of life and legacy January 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News The mood in St. Peter’s Square in the hours leading up to the historic funeral for Pope Benedict XVI was much more festive than somber.
Catholics who loved Benedict share how he has shaped their lives January 5, 2023By Maria Wiering Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, World News Through his prolific writing, public addresses and humble demeanor, Pope Benedict made a lasting impression on many Catholics both before, during and after his papacy.
Nunciature in D.C. offers condolence book for people’s remembrances of pope January 5, 2023By Catherine Buckler OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, World News In the wake of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s death, the Vatican’s apostolic nunciature in Washington offered the public the opportunity to sign a book of condolences with memories, comments and prayers for the former pope Jan. 3 and 4.
