Pope Benedict's XVI's resignation “seems to me inextricably linked to the sex abuse crisis,†Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, whose newest documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, exposes those abuses, said in the wake of
At Mass this week, I asked God to give Pope Benedict additional strength for the arduous Lenten season, which begins today. Few people realize the physical demands the papacy requires, particularly during Lent and Easter. And if ever there were a
Zubin Mehta and the Orchestra of Maggio Musicale performed Monday February 4th in the Vatican City for His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI and for the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano. Today, Zubin issued
BENEDICT XVI's resignation might be the most unexpected papal decision since the convening of the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s â€" which came about, Pope John XXIII said, not after long deliberation, but “like the flower of an unexpected
What do they call the pope when he resigns? Does he become Pope Emeritus, or does he revert back to being a Cardinal. And if he does revert back to being Cardinal, does he get to vote on his successor? On the day he
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