Unknown perpetrators broke open a display case on the wall of St. Oswald’s Church in the city of Traunstein during daylight hours Monday. Pope Benedict XVI bequeathed the cross to St. Oswald’s after ...

The cross, measuring approximately 5.9 inches in length, is crafted from gold-plated silver and adorned with a gemstone. Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, waves from a balcony ...

ROME — Pope Benedict XVI reflected on “diabolical” threats to families and the gap between the world’s rich and poor as he led a torch-lit Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome on Good ...

View of the interior and the altar of St. Oswald's Church. The pectoral cross of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was stolen from a display case in an anteroom. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Peter ...

BERLIN (AP) — “For the Catholic church, the value of the religious object is not quantifiable,” the police statement said. BERLIN (AP) — A cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in ...

BERLIN: A cross bequeathed by the late pope Benedict 16th to a parish in his home region of Bavaria in southern Germany has been stolen from the church where it was exhibited, police said on Tuesday.

During an emotional Way of the Cross celebrated on Good Friday evening at the Coliseum in Rome, Pope Benedict prayed that Christians, by following the example of Jesus, may be able to overcome evil ...

A depiction of St. Benedict of Nursia by Fra Angelico. (Credit: Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons.) Listen With the recent celebration of the feast day of Saint Benedict, the famous cave of Subiaco ...

In the presence of thousands of people at St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI continued his weekly teachings on St. Paul, speaking about the central place of the Cross of Jesus Christ in Paul's ...

A depiction of St. Benedict of Nursia by Fra Angelico. (Credit: Public domain/via Wikimedia Commons.) This coming week, Christian believers will celebrate the feast day of Saint Benedict of Norcia.