Tag: Pope Benedict XVI

• Saturday, December 31st 2022 - 12:47 UTC

  Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at age 95

  

  Benedict XVI, the 265th pope of the Catholic Church, died Saturday at the age of 95. He was the longest-serving Supreme Pontiff in history, having surpassed Leo XIII (1810-1903).

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 18:09 UTC

  Benedict XVI seriously ill

  

  Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “very ill” and Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his predecessor, it was reported Wednesday in Vatican City.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 07:50 UTC

  Ex Pope Benedict blames clerical abuse on the “all out sexual freedom” of the sixties

  

  Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published a letter which blames clerical sex abuse on the “all-out sexual freedom” of the 1960s. He said that cultural and historical change had led to a “dissolution” of morality in Catholicism.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  Vatican infighting surfaces and questions an “embittered” Pope

  

  Pope Francis has no intention of stepping down as he fights accusations that he protected a former archbishop accused of sexual abuse, Italian news agency ANSA reported, citing “close associates” of the pope.

• Monday, January 20th 2014 - 22:19 UTC

  Over 400 priests defrocked in two years by former Pope Benedict XVI

  

  Close to 400 priests were defrocked in only two years by the former Pope Benedict XVI over claims of child abuse, the Vatican has confirmed. The statistics for 2011 and 2012 show a dramatic increase compared to previous years, according to a document obtained by the Associated Press (AP).

• Thursday, August 8th 2013 - 14:00 UTC

  Pope tightens money-laundering standards for Vatican financial activities

  

  As part of the Vatican's ongoing efforts to ensure that all its financial activity complies with international standards, particularly those aimed at preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism, Pope Francis has expanded the role and the reach of the Vatican's Financial Intelligence Authority.

• Saturday, April 6th 2013 - 03:55 UTC

  Francis calls for “decisive action” in the fight against sex abuse of minors by priest

  

  Pope Francis has called for “decisive action” in the fight against sex abuse of minors by priests. He told Bishop Gerhard Mueller, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith - the Vatican watchdog that deals with sex abuse cases - to ensure that perpetrators were punished.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2013 - 10:55 UTC

  Timerman denies any Argentine government plot to discredit election of Francis

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman rejected allegations about an alleged “discrediting operation” by Argentina’s ambassador to the Vatican Juan Pablo Cafiero to stop the election of former Buenos Aires city archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new pope and denied that the government has changed its opinion about now Francis.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2013 - 07:40 UTC

  Cardinals’ conclave to elect new pope begins; a first non-European in the cards

  

  Roman Catholic Church cardinals will file into the 15th-century Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to begin their secret election of a successor to retired Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinals under the voting-age limit of 80, totaling 115 are scheduled to begin their conclave at 4:30 p.m. in Rome after asking for God’s guidance at a mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.

• Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 04:32 UTC

  Cardinals begin conclave Tuesday for new Pope; demands for more transparency

  

  Catholic cardinals gathered in Rome voted Friday to begin the conclave, to elect a new pope next Tuesday afternoon, the Vatican said. The 115 cardinal-electors taking part in the conclave will enter the closed-door process after a morning Mass and only cardinals younger than 80 are eligible to vote.