However, I draw serenity and joy from the certainty ... I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ideally as a link to the venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV, who guided the Church through the turbulent ...

There are two meanings to the word "close": Mary offers Benedict XVI the closeness of a mother, but even more important, she is herself an expression of the closeness of God. Mary, being close to God ...

Benedict XVI became the first Pope to resign in 600 ... Tributes have poured in from around the world, and the funeral is expected to draw crowds of thousands. The last papal funeral, that of ...