Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI meets with 133 current and future cardinals to ponder how to counter growing secularism in Western societies with a "new evangelization" - a key priority for his papacy.  

Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the leader of New York City's 2.6 million Roman Catholics and president of the influential U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is no stranger to the spotlight. An outspoken Catholic who has been a staunch defender in ...  

The scandal started in late January when an Italian television program showed letters written to Pope Benedict XVI by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the Vatican's U.S. ambassador, asserting widespread corruption and waste in the Vatican procurement process.  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's Roman Catholic Church drew fire Tuesday for releasing voting ... The guidelines published by the Archdiocese of Mexico on its website appear to closely skirt the restriction. But the issue is a sensitive one in Mexico ...  

Pope Benedict XVI hopes to "solidify and strengthen" relations between Ireland and the Hoy See according to the new Papal Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Charles J. Brown. Archbishop Brown,a new York native, formally presented his credentials to ...  

ROME -- Cardinal Designee Timothy Dolan will be entering a closed door meeting with 200 clergy, cardinals and Pope Benedict XVI. Today he will be giving them a formal speech in Italian. And apart from ceremony that will take place Saturday when Dolan ...  

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Church needs a "creative strategy" to bring religion back in nations that were once a bedrock of faith, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan said in a major address at the Vatican on Friday, a day before ...  

The new Papal Nuncio has said that Pope Benedict XVI asked him to "solidify and strengthen" the relations between Ireland and the Holy See. The Most Reverend Monsignor Charles John Brown has formally taken office after presenting his credentials ...  

The delegation also met the Secretary of State His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, and was received by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy See and Her Majesty’s Government agreed on the urgent need for action to strengthen the universal ...  

Pope Benedict XVI, inspired by the initiative of his predecessor, has made the New Evangelisation a key feature of his pontificate. The primary intention of this vision is to affirm in emphatic terms the identity, message and mission of the ...  

El Cafe Cubano reports that residents who live close to the Basilica of the Patron Saint of Cuba, a destination that is on Pope Benedict XVI's itinerary when he visits Cuba next month, are being evicted in en effort to “[cover] up the prevailing misery that the Cuban people are...  

It came a month after the victim's lawyer released documents showing that Pope Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was made aware of the allegations against Murphy in 1996 but took no action. Jeffrey Anderson said that while Murphy's ...  

Twin Cities Archbishop John Nienstedt is planning a trip to Rome in March to meet with Pope Benedict XVI. According to The Catholic Spirit, Bishop Lee Piche will also be traveling with the archbishop to the Vatican March 4-11: “The local ...  

VATICAN CITY (RNS) A prominent sex abuse lawyer has dropped a high-stakes lawsuit that sought to hold Pope Benedict XVI and other top church officials responsible for a clergy sexual abuse case. The Vatican's U.S. attorney, Jeffrey S. Lena ...  

The Vatican has invited Episcopalians who oppose their church’s liberal leanings to join the Roman Catholic fold, but so far, New Jersey congregations aren’t budging. Pope Benedict XVI announced Jan. 1 the creation of what’s essentially a ...