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April 18, 2017

Pope Benedict celebrates 90th birthday with Bavarian guests, beer, pretzels

Retired Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household, left, toast men in traditional clothing with a beer during the German pontiff's 90th birthday celebration April 17 at the Vatican. The pope's birthday was the previous day.

VATICAN CITY – A bit of Bavaria, including German beer and pretzels, came to the Vatican to help celebrate retired Pope Benedict XVI's 90th birthday.

Published in International
July 20, 2015

German cardinal says arson attacks on immigrant hostels 'sow hatred'

Two police officers set up a barrier in front of a building June 28 after a fire destroyed a reception center for asylum seekers in Meissen, Germany. Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising, president of German bishops' conference, said an attack July 16 in the Bavarian town of Reichertshofen revealed that "some groups" were trying to "sow hatred" against migrants.

MUNICH - A German Catholic Church leader condemned an arson attack that destroyed a reception centre for asylum seekers.

Published in International
September 11, 2014

Was Pope Benedict XVI right about Islam?

Was Pope Benedict XVI right about Islam?

On Sept. 12 eight years ago, Pope Benedict XVI delivered a lecture at the University of Regensburg in Bavaria in which he seemed to diagnose Islam as a religion inherently flawed by fanaticism.

Published in Vatican