Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

(JTA) — Henry Kissinger, the first Jewish secretary of state and the controversial mastermind of American foreign policy in the 1970s — orchestrating the U.S. opening to China, negotiating the ...

Canon law requires a papal resignation to be “freely and properly manifested” — as was the case when Benedict announced his resignation in 2013.In 1965, Pope Paul VI wrote letters to the ...

Such questions would have been unheard of prior to 2013, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned, becoming the first papal resignation in over 600 years. Francis revealed during the 2022 interview that he ...

The churches' second oldest pope, Francis took on the role in 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI resigned due to age and declining health. Benedict was the first pope to step down from the position in ...

Pope Francis was elected to the papacy at the age of 76, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013. Born 'Jorge Mario Bergoglio' in Buenos Aires on Dec. 17, 1936, the Pope worked as a ...

A new pope is chosen after the incumbent dies or resigns. Twelve years ago, Pope Benedict XVI was the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years. At this point, as the United States Conference of ...

Still, Francis’ hospital stay is raising obvious questions about what happens if he loses consciousness for a prolonged period, or whether he might follow in Pope Benedict XVI’s footsteps and ...