Shortly after his election as pope, he recalls in his book, he visited Benedict at Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence south of Rome. “He gave me a large white box,” Francis writes. “‘ ...

The Holy Father spoke of the feelings he was experiencing at the beginning of his ministry: "awe and gratitude to God, Who surprised me more ... The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to ...

We need religious programming now more than ever After studying ... Marta because I have people around me”, he writes. He recalls visiting Pope Benedict a few days later, and how the pope ...

Francis is also not the first pope to share his life story. As a cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger wrote an autobiography which was published in 1997, eight years before he became Pope Benedict XVI ...

As a cardinal, the late Joseph Ratzinger wrote an autobiography that was published in 1997, eight years before he became Pope Benedict XVI ... there have been several more: He wrote Let Us ...

For a pope, who Catholic theology holds is “infallible” when teaching on faith and morals, it is even more striking ... Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI gave him a large white box filled with ...

The first indication that all might not be as expected where Hope: The Autobiography of Pope Francis ... which deeply offended me. I got up and left”. We are told no more, but later he took ...

No scarlet shoes – the ones Pope Benedict rather liked – just his ... the Mother of Christ, is a more important figure in the Church than St Peter, whom his authority derives from.

At the beginning of Pope ... Benedict in a few passages in his more than 300-page autobiography, Francis, 88, fiercely defends his predecessor, calling him “a father and brother to me.

The Archdiocese of Washington is home to more than 667,000 Catholics ... He also taught in seminary and university appointments. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as auxiliary bishop of San ...

Pope Francis writes that he visited Benedict at Castel Gandolfo, the papal vacation palace south of Rome, shortly after he was elected pope. “He gave me a large ... and more, in your inbox ...