Prayers for ailing Benedict in retired Pope’s native Bavaria
Marktl am Inn, Germany AP People in Pope Benedict XVI’s Bavarian homeland prayed Thursday for the retired pontiff, a favourite son of the region even 40 years after he left Germany for the Vatican and nearly a decade after his resignation stunned the world. At the St Oswald church in the small town of Marktl […]
Essay: The lesson for Catholic bishops from Benedict report – apologise, apologise, apologise
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published by Religion News Service, suggests Catholic bishops might spend Lent doing penance, living on bread and water, camped out on the steps of their cathedrals, in the wake of sexual abuse scandals within the church…
Pope Francis: Thank you, Benedict, for praying for church
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Tuesday offered an affectionate, public thank-you to Benedict XVI, whose retirement from the papacy in 2013 shocked the Roman Catholic Church and the world. Addressing tourists and Romans in St Peter’s Square, Francis triggered applause when he recalled that it was the 70th anniversary of Benedict’s ordination to the priesthood […]