COMMENTARY: Aside from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, no curial cardinal achieved more on critically important issues than did the Chilean cardinal, who died Oct. 3. Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez of Chile ...

In 1981, Pope John Paul II named Cardinal Ratzinger as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The cardinal’s conservative stance drew him closer to John Paul and he became one of ...

ROME — Pope Francis vowed Friday to provide justice to victims of clergy sexual abuse and German authorities called for further investigation after an independent audit faulted retired Pope Benedict ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, the Roman Catholic Church's leading hard-liner, was elected pope Tuesday in the first conclave of the new millennium. He chose the name Benedict ...

“Simple and humble worker” had served as head of the Vatican office on church doctrine. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the first German pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church in almost five ...

Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, issued the following statement on Saturday, Dec. 31, after the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: “It is with sadness tinged with ...

Responding to controversial media reports about Pope Benedict’s handling of abusive clergy, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, the Archbishop of Los Angeles, has praised “without hesitation” the future Pope’s ...

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Vatican City in Rome, where the cardinals have chosen Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany as successor to the late Pope John Paul II. Thousands of faithful gathered ...

In signed letter, future pope resisted pleas to defrock molester priest. April 9, 2010— -- A newly discovered letter provided to the Associated Press seems to prove that the future Pope Benedict ...