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Pope Benedict XVI

June 2026

  • SWITZERLAND-CHURCH-RELIGION-POPEA priest is helped to get dressed before giving Communion during an ordination ceremony of the traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), in Econe, near Sion, western Switzerland, on June 29, 2026. Defying Vatican, Society of Saint Pius X will ordain its own bishops on July 1, 2026, despite the risk of being considered schismatic. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

    Pope Leo pleads with ultra-conservative sect not to ordain own bishops

    Pontiff warns that defiance by Society of Saint Pius X would be ‘schismatic act’

December 2025

  • a comp showing a man in a suit smiling with his hand over his heart, a drunk raccoon passed out on a bathroom floor, and a man in religious vestments smiling with his hand over his heart

    A new pope, a mayoral victory and a drunk raccoon: Guardian US readers on their favorite news moments of 2025

    There were some bright spots in a year of dark news stories – here are the ones that brought readers the most joy

April 2025

  • Pope Francis during his weekly audience at the Vatican, Italy, in April 2017.

    Pope Francis obituary

    Leader of the Catholic church who pushed for social and economic justice, and an urgent response to the climate crisis

October 2024

  • Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutierrez attends a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. The founder of the once-criticized liberation theology has praised the "new climate" at the Vatican under Pope Francis that has focused the church's attention on serving the poor. Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez made his first appearance at an official Vatican press conference Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

    Father Gustavo Gutiérrez obituary

  • Maggie Smith wearing a hat Mark Wheeler made for the Nicholas Hytner production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

    Brief letters
    Hats off to Dame Maggie Smith in a fitting tribute

July 2024

  • Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò

    Vatican excommunicates its former ambassador to US

    Pope Francis critic and conspiracy theorist Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò found guilty of schism

January 2024

  • Pope Francis distributes sweets to a small girl with a red ribbon in her hair

    Italian priest struck off for calling Francis an ‘anti-pope usurper’

    Priest in Tuscany compares Francis unfavourably with Pope Benedict in New Year’s Eve address shared online

May 2023

  • Emanuela Orlandi disappeared in 1983.

    The pope and Emanuela Orlandi: Vatican back in the spotlight over mystery of missing girl

    She was 15 when she was last seen alive in Rome. Her brother explains why he backs a new theory featured in a TV show

January 2023

  • Archbishop Of Sydney Holds Opening Mass Of World Youth Day 08<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 15: In this handout photo provided by World Youth Day, His Eminence Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney addresses the audience during the Opening Mass of Welcome of World Youth Day Sydney 2008 at Barangaroo on July 15, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. Organised every two to three years by the Catholic Church, World Youth Day (WYD) is an invitation from the Pope to the youth of the world to celebrate their faith. The celebration, being held in Sydney from July 15, 2008 to July 20, 2008, will mark the first visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to Australia. (Photo by World Youth Day via Getty Images)

    Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most powerful Catholic, who was dogged by scandal – obituary

  • Hitler Youth

    Joining the Hitler Youth was not a choice, it was mandatory

  • A nun wait prior to the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter's square in the Vatican.

    Funeral of Pope Benedict XVI – in pictures

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  • Pope Benedict funeral

    Pope Benedict XVI laid to rest as 50,000 pay respects in St Peter’s Square

  • 'A fearless preacher': Pope Francis leads Catholics at Benedict's funeral – video

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  • Time-lapse shows thousands of people gathering to attend funeral of Pope Benedict XVI – video

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  • The Guardian view on Catholicism after Benedict: winds of change blow from below

  • More than 135,000 Catholics flock to Vatican as Benedict XVI lies in state

  • Brief letters
    Joseph Ratzinger’s choice to join the Hitler Youth

  • It’s a papal version of Succession: at Benedict XVI’s funeral, the plotting will begin

    Catherine Pepinster

  • Thousands queue to pay respects to Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican – video

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  • Thousands of Catholics pay respects to former pope Benedict XVI

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