Following Benedict XVI's departure in 2013, Francis was elected pope, placing the Argentinean in the almost unprecedented ...

I have arrived this far, taken these actions, removed these people, now it’s your turn,” said Benedict XVI, when handing the ...

Ghana’s newly sworn-in president, John Dramani Mahama, has announced his key cabinet appointments, naming Cassiel Ato Forson as Finance Minister, John Abdulai Jinapor as Energy Minister, and Dominic ...

It is not surprising that, at a time when women are becoming more aware of the discrimination to which they have been ...

Pope Benedict has been laid to rest, with his funeral led by a successor for the first time in more than 200 years. Pope Francis led the funeral of the former pope, tenderly touching the coffin as he ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for ...

and Pope Benedict XVI later named him prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 2008. Benedict created him a cardinal in 2010. “Faithful to his motto ‘Sufficit gratia mea,’ [ ...

In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI also assigned Mallari the Italian titular see of Erdonia. Mallari was ordained a priest in 1982 and has since served several Catholic communities and parishes across ...

Eskom has successfully synchronised Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town to the national grid following its extensive Long-Term Operation (LTO) programme. The programme was ...

Left: Cover of ‘Beyond the Crises in the Church: The Pontificate of Benedict XVI’ by Robert Regoli. Right: Pope Benedict XVI prays Dec. 8, 2007, in Rome. (photo: St. Augustine’s Press ...