Game of Thrones actor Jonathan Price will play Pope Francis in the upcoming Netflix film.
Pope Benedict XVI
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican charges former Bambino Gesu Hospital officials with misusing funds to refurbish Cardinal Bertone residence
Money destined for “Pope’s hospital” allegedly went toward renovating the former secretary of state’s apartment.
Posted inFaith, News
An inside look at the lives of two former popes, and the breakfasts they ate
John Paul liked scrambled eggs on bacon for breakfast. Benedict spent his free time playing the piano, reading, listening to classical music.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Why Pope Francis’ approach to Islam breaks the mold of Benedict and previous popes
Francis has made it his business to try to build bridges with the Muslim world with the energy of a missionary. Benedict also delivered his message to Islam from afar.
Posted inFaith, Video
Pope Benedict Celebrates 90th Birthday
To celebrate his 90th birthday, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI enjoyed a mug of beer and the company of visitors from his native Bavaria in Germany.
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Pope Benedict is getting a traditional German tribute for his 90th birthday
The 460-page commemorative volume gathers just a slice of the kind of rigorous research still being done today “in the light of faith,” and in the footsteps of a 90-year-old pope.
Posted inFaith, Philosopher's Notebook
Contemporary philosophy has a problem: theology
Some Catholics have abandoned philosophy as a central component of the church’s discourse.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
Was Pope Benedict really a ‘liberal’ turned ‘conservative’?
Deconstructionists, those intellectuals who make it their job to ask critical questions about our long-cherished collective stories, like to ask, among other things, who or what cause is best served by a given narrative. They might ask, for example, whose interests are served by a story that tells o
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI finds greater challenges in Gospels as he ages
With age comes finding greater challenges in the Gospels, Pope Benedict XVI says.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
No, there’s no rift between Pope Francis and Pope Benedict
Benedict XVI: “Obedience to my successor has always been unquestionable.”