Baltimore Catholics pray for Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Parker recalls being at resignation announcement January 4, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, Video “I can tell you the shock was palpable,” Bishop Parker remembered. “After Pope Benedict left the room, having given us his blessing, the cardinals simply stood in stunned silence. No one knew what to say or what to do, or what would happen next, given that this hadn’t happened for so many centuries.”
Benedict XVI ‘did theology on his knees,’ Pope Francis says January 4, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News The theological writings and papal teaching of the late Pope Benedict XVI were and will continue to be a blessing to the Catholic Church, Pope Francis wrote.
Benedict XVI scholars say German professor-pope stands the test of time January 4, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Pope Benedict XVI made substantial contributions to theology and Catholic thought through his prolific writing, academic lectures and long-form interviews, say scholars who study his work.
Papal biographer: Benedict ‘will be canonized some day’ January 4, 2023By Thomas Kycia OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News In a Q&A with OSV News, author Peter Seewald takes a look at the legacy of the German pope he studied and who, he said, “will be canonized some day.”
Pope remembers predecessor as a ‘great teacher of catechesis’ January 4, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Pope Benedict XVI was a “great teacher of catechesis” whose “sharp and gentle thinking” led others to encounter Jesus, Pope Francis said.
Cardinal praises Mary, Pope Benedict XVI for helping people see face of God January 4, 2023By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News By their lives, Mary and the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI helped people to seek and to see the face of God, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory said Dec. 31.
Funeral Mass for Pope Benedict XVI will be based on a papal funeral January 4, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News The Jan. 5 funeral Mass for Pope Benedict XVI will be a papal funeral with a few changes to fit with the fact that he was not the reigning pope and has not left behind a “sede vacante.”
How to watch the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI January 3, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News The funeral Mass for Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31 at the age of 95, will be held Jan. 5 at St. Peter’s Square with Pope Francis as presider. The Mass is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. Rome time, which is 3:30 a.m. Eastern.
Benedict XVI’s death and burial: Watching procedures become protocol January 3, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News “Protocol develops over time, and this has never happened before,” the director of the Vatican press office kept repeating in the days after the death of retired Pope Benedict XVI.
Tens of thousands pay last respects to Pope Benedict in St. Peter’s Basilica January 3, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A quiet hush covered the vast expanse of St. Peter’s Square even though it was filled with thousands of people slowly winding their way around the colonnade into St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their last respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI.
‘No’ to war, rearmament; ‘yes’ to development, jobs, pope says January 1, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News It is “intolerable” that conflict and wars are still raging in Ukraine and other parts of the world, Pope Francis said on World Peace Day.
On New Year’s, pope calls for taking the risk of changing the world January 1, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The best way to usher in a truly “new” year is to stop waiting for things to get better on their own, and instead recognize what is essential and reach out now to help others, Pope Francis said.
