Pope Benedict XVI at National Park - Washington DC. Mass Celebration on 4-17-2008.

Pope Benedict XVI arrived Tuesday in the United States to a presidential handshake and enthusiastic cheering, a warm welcome that followed the pontiff's candid admission hours earlier that he is "deeply ashamed" of the clergy sex abuse scandal that has rocked the American church. On...

World Youth Day 2008 is a Catholic youth festival that will be held from July 15 to July 20 in Sydney, Australia. The 23rd of the World Youth Day celebrations, it will be attended by Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope Benedict XVI sedcond encyclical: Spe Salvi facti sumus: In hope we were saved. Here are some quotes along with some papal footage. Based on hope through Christ, it is a very inspirational message! Note: this video is meant to be meditative, not meant to be up to theological debate.

Kelly Clarkson sings "Ave Maria" for Pope Benedict XVI at a youth rally at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers.

Vatican City on 25.December 2008. Part of the urbi et orbi blessing is the remission of all temporal punishment due to sin through a plenary indulgence attached to the Papal blessing. The remission and forgiveness of sins is not only granted to the people in St. Peter's Square but also to...

Vatican City on 25.December 2008. Part of the urbi et orbi blessing is the remission of all temporal punishment due to sin through a plenary indulgence attached to the Papal blessing. The remission and forgiveness of sins is not only granted to the people in St. Peter's Square but also to...

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Pro-Life Movement. Our culture of death, as Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have referred to it, is far worse than the Aztec Indian culture which sacrificed living human beings to their serpent God to appease him. Today we are sacrificing our...

In an event of historical importance, the China Philharmonic Orchestra has played a concert for the Pope at the Vatican.

Pope Benedict XVI holds Mass in Angola in front of a vast crowd, urging Africans to end years of damaging wars and civil strife.

Pope Benedict XVI in Angola

Let us meditate during the days of the Easter Triduum so that we may comprehend the inestimable gift of salvation that is achieved for us by the sacrifice of Christ. In this manner, Benedict XVI addressed the twenty-five thousand faithful gathered in St. Peters square for the General Audience...

The Last Supper is the mystery of the change, of the transformation that is preformed in the name of God so that, following Jesus, we ourselves and the world may also be changed.Benedict XVI noted this during the Coena Domini Mass, the celebration that repeats the gesture of the washing of the...

The bishops, priests and faithful Anglicans that until now have gone to the Catholic Church were received individually. Now, Benedict XVI has created a system so that Anglican parishes or entire dioceses, even, be received in the Catholic Church. Some 50 Anglican bishops have asked for their...

Catholics have been present in Iran from the first centuries of Christianity and have always been an integral part of the nations life and culture. This is what Benedict XVI recalled in his speech to Ali Akbar Naseri, new Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who was received in...

Nov. 29,2009 Pope Benedict XVI prayed the Angelus with the faithful gathered this Sunday morning in St Peters Square. In remarks before the prayer, Pope Benedict said Jesus Christ is not only for Christians, not just for believers: He is for all men, because it is He who is the center of faith,...

Benedict XVI - Christmas is not a fairy tale

Benedict XVI: God desires to win us with love. Dec 23,2009

If you want Benedict XVI and John Paul II to be with you in 2010, its pretty easy. On a monthly basis you can take a look at the best photos of the popes in this calendar made by the Vaticans Photographic Archives. A very special calendar made at the Vatican.

Pope Benedict XVI´s Christmas Blessing in different languages (2009)