Last month, I wrote a story about Niki Johnson's portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI made from 17,000 condoms. Since then the art piece has garnered attention, praise and criticism from around ...

Tributes: “Churches may display a portrait of the late Holy Father ... celebrate a special Diocesan Memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, at the Cathedral ...

Bartchak meets with Pope Benedict XVI. “I join Catholics around the ... doors of the Cathedral to mark Benedict’s death, and his portrait is displayed among the papal items at the Basilica ...

The bells tolled, the organ played, and the congregation of 50,000 Romans and pilgrims applauded warmly as pallbearers brought the casket of Pope Benedict XVI onto ... to paint a portrait of ...

A portrait of Benedict stood on the altar ... FILE – Pope Francis, left, embraces Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican in June 2017. Both Cardinal Timothy Dolan and former Mayor Mike ...

On February 10, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI issued the stunning declaration that he intended to resign from his post as head of the Catholic Church at the end of the month. The move was virtually ...

‘Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope ... “We saw that with Pope Benedict XVI [elected] in 2005 and Pope Francis in 2013, many of the things that you read or watch in secular ...