I almost missed the interview. Cardinal Ratzinger was sick the day of our appointment. When I arrived, I was asked whether I wanted to meet with the congregation's secretary. I agreed, figuring it was ...

Pope Benedict XVI, who served as head of the Catholic church from 2005 to 2013, died on Saturday at age 95. Look back on his long career of religious service Joseph Ratzinger (pictured second from ...

LEFT: Photo taken in 1943 during World War II shows Joseph Ratzinger as a Luftwaffenhelfer (Luftwaffe auxiliary). RIGHT: Photo taken in 1952 near Ruhpolding, shows Father Joseph Ratzinger (c) during ...

The Vatican announced Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, that Pope Benedict XVI, the former Joseph Ratzinger, died at age 95. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, Germany, he grew ...

I first met Joseph Ratzinger when I was 15 years old. No, not in person, but I was given The Ratzinger Report by my pastor, Father Daniel Mahoney. He knew I was looking for answers. I had already ...

1927: Pope Benedict XVI is born on April 16 in his parents’ home in the town of Marktl in the State of Bavaria in southeastern Germany. He is the youngest of three children of Joseph Ratzinger Sr., a ...

“Simple and humble worker” had served as head of the Vatican office on church doctrine. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the first German pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church in almost five ...

TIME.com: What concerns of the Conclave might have prompted the choice of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI? David Van Biema: The choice reflects a number of things: A desire for ...

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Almost three years after his death, the figure of Benedict XVI continues to exert a surprising power of attraction, far beyond ecclesiastical circles. While testimonies of graces attributed to his ...

(RNS) — I first met Joseph Ratzinger in June 1994 when he was the cardinal prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. No, I was not being interrogated by the Grand Inquisitor. This was ...