CHICAGO (CBS)-- A special mass Monday morning in Chicago marked the life and legacy of Benedict XVI, the late pope emeritus, who died on Saturday at age 95. Cardinal Blase Cupich led worshippers in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On February 10, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI issued the stunning declaration that he intended to resign from ...

Rome — Benedict XVI, the pope who shocked the world by stepping down from the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013, has died at the age of 95. The Vatican announced his death on Saturday.

Former Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest with a funeral mass before thousands of mourners in St. Peter's Square Thursday, with Pope Francis presiding over the event and honoring his predecessor’s ...

VATICAN CITY -- Former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95, asked for forgiveness for those he has "wronged" in the spiritual testament published ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the Bavarian-born theologian whose conservative Roman Catholicism earned him the nickname “God’s ...

VATICAN CITY — The last words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he lay on his deathbed were “Lord, I love you!” according to the late Pope’s longtime personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein, ...

A book of condolences for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is available at the Cathedral of St. Mary, St. Liborius, St. Kilian of Paderborn. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Bells rang out over ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tributes were paid Sunday on the first anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI, with Pope Francis praising his love and wisdom and Benedict's private secretary expressing ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy “will last, bear fruit and nourish the spiritual lives of many, many people, especially the young,” his former personal secretary has predicted. Speaking to ...

Pope Benedict XVI, the bookish conservative pillar of the Roman Catholic Church who ended his turbulent tenure in 2013 by becoming the first pontiff to retire in six centuries, died Saturday in ...

Former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI—the first pope to resign from the role since the 1400s—died Saturday at age 95, according to the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI died Saturday morning. Vatican ...