Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd gathered in St Mark's Square while crossing the square on an electric car on May 7, 2011 in Venice, Italy. Pope...
Pope Benedict XVI leads the Ash Wednesday service at the St. Peter's Basilica on February 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Ash Wednesday opens the...
Pope Benedict XVI at the end of his general weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The Pope is due to visit Turkey from November 28 to...
Pope John Paul II, seated at a table in the Old Consistorial Hall, signs the new Roman Catholic Code of Canon Law during a ceremony at the Vatican...
Pope Benedict XVI , accompanied by Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice greets the crowd gathered in St Mark's Square while crossing the square on an...
Pope Benedict XVI attends his final general audience in St. Peter's Square on February 27, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Pontiff attended his...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square during his weekly audience on September 26, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. The...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square during his weekly audience on March 30, 2011 in Vatican City, Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI attends a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti at his private library on January 14, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. This...
Pope Benedict XVI gives Christmas Night Mass at St. Peter's Basilica on December 24, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. The mass on Christmas Eve and...
Newly elected Pope Benedict XVI appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on April 19, 2005 in Vatican City. German Cardinal Joseph...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful gathered at the Colosseum during the Way Of The Cross procession on Good Friday April 6, 2012 in Rome, Italy....
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, flanked by Prefect of the Pontifical House and his former personal secretary Georg Ganswein arrives at the Canonisation...
Pope Benedict XVI leads his first Via Crucis, the way of the Cross, part of the solemn celebrations of Easter's Holy Week at the Roman Colisseum in...
Pope Benedict XVI carries the Paschal candle as he leads the Ceremony of the Light during the Holy Saturday Easter vigil mass at St. Peter's Basilica...
Pope Benedict XVI gestures to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square as he attends his weekly audience on April 27, 2011 in Vatican City,...
Pope John Paul II signs the new Roman Catholic Code of Canon Law. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger looks over Pope's shoulder.
Five new cardinals created by the Pope at the Vatican, 27th June 1977. From left to right, they are Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany , Cardinal...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arrives at the Canonisation Mass in which John Paul II and John XXIII are to be declared saints on April 27, 2014 in...
Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair following knee treatment, is being pushed before the coffin of Italian Cardinal Angelo Sodano during his funeral...
Pope John Paul II signs the new Roman Catholic Code of Canon Law. : Msgr. Bruno Fagiolo of the Vatican Secretariat; Msgr. Martinez Somal, Vatican...
Funeral of John Paul II celebrated by cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in Rome, Vatican City on April 18, 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI attends his final general audience in St. Peter's Square on February 27, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Pontiff attended his...
Pope Benedict XVI reads papers in his summer residence on July 26, 2010 in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy. The Pontiff will visit England from...
Pope Benedict XVI leads the celebration of the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican
Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair following knee treatment, attends the funeral of Italian Cardinal Angelo Sodano, on May 31, 2022 at St. Peter's...
Pope Benedict XVI leads his first Via Crucis, way of the Cross, part of the solemn celebrations of Easter's Holy Week at the Roman Colisseum in...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Squareduring his final general audience on February 27, 2013 in Vatican City,...
Vatican: Germany's Joseph Ratzinger appears at the window of the main balcony after being elected the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church 19...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his...
Pope Benedict XVI greets well-wishers gathered in St Mark's Square in an electric vehicle on May 7, 2011 in Venice, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI is...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his 'urbi et orbi' blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on December 25, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1981 to 2005. , June 20, 1990.
Pope Benedict XVI waves to people gathered in St. Peter's square during his weekly audience on April 28, 2010 in Vatican City, Vatican. According to...
Newly elected Pope Benedict XVI appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on April 19, 2005 in Vatican City. German Cardinal Joseph...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful as he leaves St Peter's Square at the end of his final general audience on February 27, 2013 in Vatican City,...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his last Angelus Blessing from the window of his private apartment to thousands of pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithfuls as he leaves St. Peter's Basilica at the end of the Christmas night mass on December 24, 2012 in Vatican...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's square during his weekly audience on October 17, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican....
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his 'Urbi et Orbi' message and blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the end of the Easter Mass on...
Pope Benedict XVI kisses a child lifted up by the Pontiff's personal secretary Georg Ganswein, as he leaves St. Peter's Square at the end of his...
Pope Benedict XVI leads the Rosary at the Chapel of the Apparitions in Fatima's Sanctuary on May 12, 2010. Up to 500,000 are expected to attend the...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his final general audience in St Peter's Square, on February 27, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The...
Pope Francis greets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during a meeting with newly named Cardinals at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery on August 27,...
Vatican: Germany's Joseph Ratzinger, the new Pope Benedict XVI, appears at the window of St Peter's Basilica's main balcony after being elected the...
Pope Benedict XVI leads the Ash Wednesday service at the St. Peter's Basilica on February 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Ash Wednesday opens the...
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI deposed in the Chapel of the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, located in the Vatican Gardens. Vatican City , January...
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates baptisms in the Sistine Chapel on January 8, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican.
