Mary’s contribution to human salvation, specifically the title of “Co-Redemptrix” (“Co-Redeemer”) has been a point of ...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein has reminded Christians of the dangers of relativism, echoing Pope Benedict XVI’s famous warning ...

Pope Francis voted for Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, in the 2005 conclave that followed the death of St. John Paul II. "He was the only one who could be pope at that time," ...

I was rushing out as the crowd was rushing in. It was about six minutes after the bells began to toll over St. Peter’s Square, confirming that the smoke was white and we indeed had a Papam. The ...

In the days before the conclave, almost every Cardinal who deigned to speak to the press declared that he was praying to the Holy Spirit for guidance in choosing the successor to John Paul II. The ...

“Simple and humble worker” had served as head of the Vatican office on church doctrine. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the first German pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church in almost five ...

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NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Vatican City in Rome, where the cardinals have chosen Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany as successor to the late Pope John Paul II. Thousands of faithful gathered ...

Now we learn the sickening news that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, nicknamed 'God's Rottweiler' when he was the church's enforcer on matters of faith and sin, ignored repeated warnings and looked away in ...