German author says retired Pope Benedict is ‘extremely frail’

An author with a long and close relationship to retired Pope Benedict XVI told a German newspaper that the 93-year-old retired pope is “extremely frail”. Peter Seewald, the author who has published four wide-ranging book-length interviews with the retired pope, was quoted in today’s edition of the Bavarian newspaper Passauer Neue Presse. Seewald said he visited... Read More

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July 30, 2020

China accused of hacking computers of Vatican and other Church entities

China has been accused of hacking Vatican computers as well as those in the Diocese of Hong Kong and other Catholic organisations in May. The hacking appears to be an attempt to gain an advantage in talks between the Vatican and China, due to resume as early as this week, about a fresh deal on... Read More

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July 20, 2020

Polish cardinal who spent half his life serving at Vatican dies at 80

Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, retired prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, has died at the age of 80. A close collaborator with St John Paul II and retired Pope Benedict XVI, the cardinal, who died on 17th July, also spent almost 27 years working in the Apostolic Signature, the Church’s highest court. In a condolence message,... Read More

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July 9, 2020

Retired Pope Benedict follows his brother’s funeral virtually

Retired Pope Benedict XVI followed the funeral of his brother, Georg Ratzinger, via livestreaming, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg said Pope Benedict, 93, was connected to the Mass taking place for his older brother on 8th July in the Regensburg Cathedral. Mgr Georg Ratzinger died on 1st July... Read More

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July 3, 2020

Pope Francis sends condolences to Pope Benedict for brother’s death

Pope Francis has sent retired Pope Benedict XVI his prayers and condolences for the death of his brother, Mgr Georg Ratzinger. The monsignor, a musician and the retired pope’s elder brother, died in Regensburg, Germany, on 1st July at the age of 96. In a letter, dated 2nd July, Pope Francis told his predecessor he... Read More

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June 23, 2020

Retired pope returns to Vatican after visiting his brother in Germany

Retired Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican on 22nd June, five days after flying to Germany to spend time with his ailing, 96-year-old brother. During his last morning in Regensburg, the 93-year-old retired pope visited his brother, Mgr Georg Ratzinger, one last time before being driven to the airport in Munich. Mgr Ratzinger was... Read More

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June 19, 2020

Retired pope travels to Germany to visit his brother

Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who is 93 years old, travelled to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, Mgr Georg Ratzinger, who is 96. The Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Benedict went to Germany on 18th June to visit his brother. “The pope emeritus is now in the city of Regensburg, where he will... Read More

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June 10, 2020

Hope in post-pandemic world can only be achieved together, cardinal says

The mandate given by Pope Francis to the Vatican’s coronavirus commission was to prepare a future full of hope amid chaos and uncertainty, Cardinal Peter Turkson said. In a livestreamed meeting with Vatican Media journalists on 9th June, Cardinal Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, said the pope’s words to “prepare... Read More

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May 5, 2020

In new biography, Pope Benedict says world threatened by humanism

In a newly published biography, Retired Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a ‘worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies’. He cited same-sex marriage, abortion and the ‘creation of humans in the laboratory’ as examples. The retired pope, 93, said: ‘Modern society is in the process of formulating an anti-Christian creed, and... Read More

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April 16, 2020

Retired pope, celebrating 93rd birthday, is well, secretary says

Retired Pope Benedict XVI “is well,” although the coronavirus pandemic restrictions mean he will receive no visitors today, 16th April, his 93rd birthday. “Thank God, all of us in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery are well,” Archbishop Georg Ganswein, the retired pope’s personal secretary, told Avvenire, the Italian Catholic newspaper. The retired pope, the archbishop and... Read More

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