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The Pope’s Butler Testifies: Innocent of Theft, Guilty of Betrayal?
Before Paolo Gabriele turned himself in to Vatican authorities for passing Pope Benedict XVI’s personal papers to the press last May, he wanted to do one last thing. “I needed to surrender myself to...
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The Vatican Sentences the Pope’s Butler: Is a Pardon on the Way?
Paolo Gabriele, the former butler to Pope Benedict XVI who was convicted Saturday of leaking the pontiff’s personal papers, has been sentenced to year and half in prison–but he’s unlikely to serve any...
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A Man for Changing Seasons: What Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell Teaches...
Power is less a thing than it is a relationship, French philosopher Michel Foucault taught us — not just a relationship, but a very complex set of interlocking, constantly shifting relationships. And...
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The Pope Tweets with You: Benedict XVI Joins the Twitterverse
Updated: Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:50 a.m. EST At first glance, the Pope taking to Twitter has the taste of anachronism: an 85-year-old pontiff, who still writes in longhand, tapping out messages 140...
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Pope Benedict XVI To Resign at End of Month, Vatican Says
(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign on Feb. 28 because he was simply too infirm to carry on — the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the...
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Rebels Fight Regime Troops for Syria’s Largest Dam
(BEIRUT) — Activists say Syrian opposition fighters are battling troops loyal to President Bashar Assad for control of the country’s largest dam. Rami Abdul-Rahman, a Britain-based anti-regime...
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Text of Pope’s Resignation Announcement
(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he would resign Feb. 28 because he is simply too old to carry on. Here is the text of his announcement, delivered to cardinals gathered for a...
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Pope Benedict XVI To Resign, Citing ‘Advanced Age’
Pope Benedict XVI will resign on Febraury 28 at 8pm Rome time. The 85-year old German pontiff made his announcement in Latin to cardinals, who were gathered in Rome to vote on the proclamation of new...
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Precedents for Papal Resignations
The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Benedict XVI is stepping down on Feb. 28. While such papal resignations are extremely rare, there are precedents in the two millennia history of the Catholic...
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Who Will Be the Next Pope? Bookmakers Place Their Bets
Just hours after Pope Benedict XVI’s surprising Feb. 28 resignation, bookmakers have already started placing odds on his successor. Quickest off the mark was the Irish bookmaker Paddy Power, which has...
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Latin America Would Like a Latin Pope, Odds Slim
(MEXICO CITY) — Latin America is home to the world’s largest Roman Catholic population, but hopes that the next pope will come from the region appear faint, experts said Monday. The predominance of...
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Vatican Acknowledges that Pope Had Pacemaker
(VATICAN CITY and REGENSBURG, Germany) — The Vatican is acknowledging for the first time that Pope Benedict XVI has had a pacemaker for years and that its battery was replaced a few months ago in...
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Pope Says He’s Resigning for the ‘Good of Church’
(VATICAN CITY) — The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will spend his final day as pontiff attending a morning farewell ceremony with his cardinals, then fly off by helicopter in the early evening to his...
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Pope Approves German Lawyer to Head Embattled Bank
(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Benedict XVI has signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy, approving a German lawyer to head the Vatican’s embattled bank. Ernst Von Freyberg has solid...
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Pope Moves Top Official amid Leaks Fallout
(VATICAN CITY) — The pope on Friday transferred a top official from the Vatican’s secretariat of state to Colombia amid swirling media speculation about the contents of a confidential report into the...
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Pope Changes Conclave Rules, Allows Earlier Start
(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules of the conclave that will elect his successor, allowing cardinals to move up the start date if all of them arrive in Rome before the usual...
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Life After the Papacy: What Lies Ahead for the Pope Post-Abdication
UPDATED With an emotional signoff Thursday from the highest balcony of his temporary home at Castel Gandolfo, Benedict XVI became the first pope in 600 years to relinquish his title, leaving the...
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Photos: Pope Benedict XVI’s Final General Audience
Pope Benedict XVI’s last general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 drew an estimated crowd of tens of thousands of people.
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With No Pope, Catholic Church Leaderless for Now
(VATICAN CITY) — The Catholic Church awoke Friday with no leader following the resignation of Benedict XVI, who pledged obedience to his successor and described himself as “simply a pilgrim” starting...
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The Rise of Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio
The election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio to supreme pontiff Wednesday marks a series of firsts for Catholicism: He’s the first South American pope, the first Jesuit pope and the first to bear the name...
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