By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Jun 20, 2023 / 12:30 pm A pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria has been stolen from the church where it was on display. According to CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language partner news agency, unknown perpetrators broke open …

By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Mar 22, 2023 / 16:30 pm A potential legal case against Pope Benedict XVI over his handling of abuse during his time as archbishop of Munich has been dropped. The public prosecutor’s office in Munich said on Tuesday it had “discontinued its investigations” against Cardinals Joseph …

By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Feb 6, 2023 / 09:23 am Pope Francis and local Church leaders on Monday reacted with dismay and calls for prayer following a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. According to Reuters, the series of earthquakes — up to 7.8 magnitude — killed about 1,700 people …

by AC Wimmer Rome Newsroom, Jan 25, 2023 / 08:50 am In a new interview published Wednesday, Pope Francis said the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI meant he had lost a “good companion” and a father figure. “I lost a dad,” Pope Francis told the Associated Press, praising his predecessor …

By Katie Yoder, AC Wimmer Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 10, 2023 / 16:15 pm Cardinal George Pell, prefect emeritus of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, died on Tuesday at the age of 81. The Australian prelate suffered a cardiac arrest and died at 8:50 p.m. Rome time, his secretary confirmed to …

by Matthew Bunson, AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Dec 31, 2022 / 02:44 am Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years, has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced. His death was announced in …

By Luke Coppen, AC Wimmer, Matthew Bunson CNA Newsroom, Dec 31, 2022 / 02:59 am Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, bringing to a close the momentous life of a Churchman who proclaimed the “eternal joy” of Jesus Christ and called himself a “humble worker” in the vineyard …

by AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Nov 18, 2022 / 07:30 am In a move that could lead to Catholics and Orthodox celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ at the same time, the spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians has confirmed his support for finding a common date to …

By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Nov 11, 2022 / 05:24 am Pope Francis received Father James Martin, SJ, in a private audience in the apostolic palace inside the Vatican on Friday. In a tweet published after the encounter, Father Martin wrote he was “was deeply grateful to meet with Pope Francis in the Apostolic …

by AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Oct 24, 2022 / 07:04 am Pope Francis received French President Emmanuel Macron for nearly one hour at the Vatican on Monday. The Holy See Press Office said the conversation centered on the war in Ukraine. “During the cordial discussions, which took place in the Secretariat …