VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI hit his head during his March 2012 trip to Mexico but denies it had any "relevant" role in his resignation. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI is continuing his farewell tour with an off-the-cuff meeting with Roman priests, an annual encounter that has taken on poignant new meaning with his impending resignation. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - With a humble "Grazie" as bishops doffed their mitres and applause echoed through St. Peter's Basilica, a frail Pope Benedict XVI began his long farewell by presiding over Ash Wednesday services in a tearful, final ... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI is celebrating his last public Mass as pontiff, presiding over Ash Wednesday services inside the packed St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will spend his final day as pontiff attending a morning farewell ceremony with his cardinals, then fly off by helicopter in the early evening to his papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. (So... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in his first public comments since he announced that he would become the first pontiff in centuries to resign, on Wednesday said he was fully aware of the gravity of his decision but confident that it would not... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI is telling the faithful in his first public appearance since announcing his resignation that he stepping down for "the good of the church." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinals around the world began informal contacts to discuss who should next lead the Church through a period of major crisis and the Vatican said it planned a big send-off for Pope Benedict before he becomes the first ponti... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican went out of its way Tuesday to declare that for Pope Benedict XVI, retirement means just that: Retirement. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - For months, construction crews have been renovating a four-story building attached to a monastery on the northern edge of the Vatican gardens where nuns would live for a few years at a time in cloister. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]