Rome: Pope Benedict said on Monday he will resign on February 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfil the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to take such

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Geo­r­ge Antonysamy, Apos­t­olic nuncio to West African Countries, as the new Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore. He succeeds Archbishop Malayappan Chinnappa,

Pope Benedict XVI added seven more saints onto the roster of Catholic role models on Sunday, saying their example would strengthen the church it tries to rekindle the faith in places where it's laggin

Pope Benedict XVI's former butler Paolo Gabriele was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Saturday for stealing secret documents from the Vatican that revealed fraud and intrigue in the tiny state.

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Vatican police testifying on Wednesday at the trial of Pope Benedict XVI's former butler said they had found documents in code, research on spying and papers the pope had marked 'Destroy' in his apart

Pope Benedict XVI's butler has been released and will be under house arrest pending a ruling on whether he should stand trial for leaking confidential papers, the Vatican said on Saturday.

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A German magazine said Tuesday that Pope Benedict XVI was preparing to sue it for publishing a cover satirising the 'Vatileaks' leaked-documents scandal that has rocked the Vatican.

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Pope Benedict XVI fired a 52-year-old Slovak bishop for apparently mismanaging his diocese in a rare show of papal power over bishops that could have implications for U.S. sex abuse cases.

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Pope Benedict XVI's butler arrested last month for allegedly leaking confidential papers from the Vatican to an investigative journalist is no scapegoat, the Vatican said on Monday.

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Pope Benedict XVI issued a message ahead of the kick-off of Euro 2012 later on Friday in Poland in which he declared football was like a school that taught people about respect for one another and how