Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Feb 28, 2013 / 10:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After the 15-minute helicopter trip to Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI offered a word of thanks to the thousands of people who traveled there to support him in has last hours as Pope.... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 09:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI has left the Vatican by helicopter and will soon arrive in the town of Castel Gandolfo where he will live for two months. Staff from the pontifical household, senior cardinals... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 09:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday, Feb. 28, church bells in Rome and Albano rang out during the helicopter flight that took Pope Benedict XVI from the Vatican to Castel Gandolfo on the day of his resignation. Th... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 05:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI surprised the cardinals and organizers of a Feb. 28 farewell ceremony by saying the future Pope is present and that he already pledges his “unconditional respect and obedie... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 05:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI surprised the cardinals and organizers of a Feb. 28 farewell ceremony by saying the future Pope is present and that he already pledges his “unconditional respect and obedie... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 05:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican’s post office is issuing a special cancelation stamp to mark the end of Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy. A Feb. 28 communiqué from the post office reproduces the speci... Read more
Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 04:25 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Echoing the disciples on the Road to Emmaus, Cardinal Angelo Sodano told Pope Benedict that the cardinals’ hearts “burned when walking with you in the past eight years.” &ldqu... Read more
Merrimack, N.H., Feb 28, 2013 / 04:03 am (CNA).- A U.S. theology professor's new book seeks to revitalize society through the “integrated whole of the Catholic vision,” found in the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. ... Read more
Washington D.C., Feb 28, 2013 / 02:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Students at American Catholic universities are observing the end of Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy with special Masses, prayers and acts of charity. At Franciscan University of Steubenville... Read more
Washington D.C., Feb 28, 2013 / 12:08 am (CNA).- Both President Barack Obama’s administration and a group of Republican officials have filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court calling for marriage to be redefined to include same-sex partners. &... Read more
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