BERLIN (Reuters) - The brother of former Pope Benedict XVI lay in state in his hometown of Regensburg, Germany on Tuesday, visited by socially-distanced mourners wanting to pay respects to the cleric ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the ...

Rev. Georg Ratzinger defends tenure as choir master, willing to testify. ROME March 8, 2010— -- The developing sex scandal shaking the Catholic Church in Germany hit close to home for Pope ...

The late German Pope, who was particularly fond of Christmas, once knocked on the doors of his entire community at midnight to express his joy at the miracle of Christ’s Nativity. The Ratzinger family ...

The first thing many people want to know when talk turns to the pope—any pope—is “What is he really like?” That curiosity is a natural reaction not only to the power and prestige of the Roman pontiff ...

TRAUNSTEIN, Germany, April 20 -- The Ratzinger family lived in a modest farmhouse at the far edge of this southern German town with a clear view of soaring pine trees and the majestic, snow-capped ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Former Pope Benedict travelled to his native Germany on Thursday to visit his ailing older brother, the Vatican said. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Benedict, 93, flew to ...