Before concluding, Benedict XVI announced that, just as at the beginning of his pontificate John Paul II had continued the reflections on Christian virtues begun by Pope John Paul I, in coming ...
Pope Benedict XVI resigned at the age of 85 and went on to live almost another decade as pope emeritus. Pope St. John Paul II was almost 85 when he died in 2005. The world is getting used to older ...
Pope Benedict XVI greets young Catholics in St Peter’s ... There are just six voting cardinals left from John Paul’s time, plus another 24 voters appointed by Benedict. Once the Dec 7 ...
Pope Francis referred to St. Paul VI's affirmation that the "rupture between the Gospel and culture is the tragedy of our age," and he noted that St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI deepened the ...