What to know about Benedict. Born in 1927 in what is now Germany as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, Benedict was selected pope in 2005 after the death of Pope John Paul II and officiated at his funeral.

Pope Francis, right, hugs Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2014, prior to a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Francis on Wednesday said his retired predecessor ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday, a day after it revealed that the 95-year-old's health had ...

Pope Francis led tributes to his predecessor on Saturday, after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95. CNN values your feedback 1.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, alert and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday, a day after it revealed that the 95-year-old’s health had deteriorated recently.

Former Pope Benedict XVI was buried at the Vatican Thursday after his funeral, bringing an end to an unprecedented decade in which a reigning pope lived side by side with his predecessor.

The Vatican next year will publish a collection of never-before-seen homilies delivered by the late Pope Benedict XVI during his private Sunday Masses, most of them penned during his 10-year ...

Thousands filed past the body of Benedict XVI on Monday as the pope emeritus, who died Saturday at age 95, lay in state at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. He will be buried by his successor ...

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church conducted a unique ceremony Thursday that blended centuries-old funeral rites with newly created adaptations as it bid farewell to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican to attend the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI, on Oct. 19, 2014.

Nuns arrive at dawn to view the body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as it lies in state in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Jan. 3, 2023.

The Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, conscious and stable, but his condition remains serious. That, a day after officials revealed that the 95-year-old’s health had deteriorated ...