The Joseph Ratzinger I knew for 35 years — first as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), later as Pope Benedict XVI and then pope emeritus — was a brilliant, holy man who ...

VATICAN CITY — Although the conclave officially began when the ornate doors of the Sistine Chapel closed Monday, the election of Pope Benedict XVI less than 24 hours later was virtually decided before ...

When the name “Ratzinger” resounded from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to indicate who would be the next supreme pontiff of the 1.1 billion-strong Roman Catholic Church, elation burst out in ...

Pope Benedict XVI delivers a blessing at the start of his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Gino Burresi may sound like the name of a shortstop ...

German journalist Michael Hesemann had an enlightening experience interviewing Msgr. Georg Ratzinger for the new book My Brother, the Pope. Msgr. Georg Ratzinger’s new book, My Brother, the Pope, ...

Cardinal Ratzinger’s sermon on relativism at the Mass for the Election of a Supreme Pontiff hit the note most important both in his own life and in the coming life of the Church, in an age calling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, brother of Pope Benedict XVI, waves as he walks in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, in 2005. (Alessandra ...

The Church is often portrayed as a stern moralizing agent, hurling anathemas against people, fixated on sin, especially sexual sin, and Joseph Ratzinger is also often portrayed as Exhibit A in that ...

Ratzinger, the first German pope in centuries, emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, where he waved to a wildly cheering crowd of tens of thousands and gave his first blessing. Other ...

The facts are as clear as they are damning. From the documents, the priest fits exactly the model of arrested development I sketched out here. He seems to have been pressured by a bossy mother to ...

The cardinals took their seats in long rows on two sides of the Sistine Chapel, tucking their cassocks beneath them. A hymn was sung, a prayer said, an oath taken. The doors were locked. Then, with ...

The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, who was the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI and who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys’ choir, died July 1 in Regensburg, ...