I am grateful to the President, Mr Shimon Peres, for his kind words, and I appreciate the opportunity that has been offered to me to come on pilgrimage to a land that is hallowed by the footsteps ...

John the Evangelist also places in this area the meeting between the Baptist and Jesus, who at his baptism was “anointed” by the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and proclaimed the beloved ...

ibid.). Pope Benedict XVI today urged mankind to fight “a peaceful ... Wishing pilgrims a Happy Easter in 63 languages, he said in Italian that his thoughts were in particular with “those ...

Princess Charlene has the "privilege to wear white" when meeting Pope Francis, unlike Queen Camilla. The Queen, 77, met His ...

which was called after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. While Francis has praised Benedict’s humility in stepping down and said he might follow in his footsteps, more recently he has said the papacy ...

but it fell to Pope Benedict XVI, who over many years has often applied his eloquence and wisdom to liturgical questions, to eliminate the restrictions almost entirely. In Summorum Pontificum ...

A pure electric vehicle has been deemed too slow, but some type of the electrified SUV will soon replace the Popemobile used to transport His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI. Vatican officials have ...

A significant moment came in 2010, when Pope Benedict XVI consecrated Gaudí’s masterpiece, the Sagrada Família, lauding his ability to “build human consciousness, anchored in the world yet open to God ...