State’s bishops establish Tennessee Catholic Conference
Bringing the voice of the fullness of Catholic teaching to the Public Square
Women’s centers see spike in cases, support since Dobbs decision
‘Women are having to take more time to think things through. It created an opportunity for us to help them’
Pope Benedict XVI receives his book "Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Sign of the Times" from its writer, German Catholic journalist Peter Seewald, during a 2010 meeting at the Vatican. The German biographer said the pope was exhausted and disheartened well before he announced Feb. 11 he would resign at the end of the month. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters) (Feb. 18, 2013) See BENEDICT-SEEWALD Feb. 18, 2013.
Papal biographer: Benedict ‘will be canonized some day’
‘His work cannot be taken out of the world. It will bear fruit anew’
Retired Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis exchange greetings at the conclusion of a consistory at which Pope Francis created 20 new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 14, 2015. Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 in his residence at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope remembers predecessor as a ‘great teacher of catechesis’
‘May he help us to rediscover in Christ the joy of believing and the hope of living’
Pope Benedict XVI emerges from the New York Yankee's dugout to the cheers of approximately 60,000 people who attended the Mass that he celebrated at Yankee Stadium on the final day of his pastoral visit to New York on April 20, 2008. The home team's clubhouse served as the main sacristy for the Mass.(CNS photo/Rick Musacchio) (April 20, 2008)
Pope Benedict’s 2008 U.S. visit a whirlwind with timely, pointed messages
Visit encouraged ‘a new sense of unity and purpose’
Archbishop Georg Gänswein kisses the hand of Pope Benedict XVI during a Rite of Reception after the transfer of the body of the late pope into St. Peter's Basilica in the early morning at the Vatican Jan. 2, 2023. Archbishop Gänswein was the private secretary to Pope Benedict. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Benedict’s body solemnly, lovingly carried to St. Peter’s Basilica
'I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them'
The body of Pope Benedict XVI, left, lies in St. Peter's Basilica for people to pay their respects at the Vatican Jan. 2, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
The global impact of a German pope
Upon his death, many are already calling Benedict XVI ‘the great’
People pray as they pay their respects at the body of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Benedict’s spiritual testament: ‘Stand firm in the faith’
‘I humbly ask: pray for me, so that the Lord, despite all my sins and inadequacies, may receive me into his eternal dwelling’
Pope Francis delivers his blessing during a traditional evening prayer service on New Year's Eve in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 31, 2022. Pope Benedict XVI died in the morning Dec. 31 at his residence at the Vatican. He was 95. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope pays tribute to the late Pope Benedict, highlighting his gentleness
‘With emotion we remember him as such a noble, such a gentle person’
A rosary and crucifix are seen in the hands of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica as people pay their respects to the late pope at the Vatican Jan. 2, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Benedict’s funeral will respect his wishes to be simple
‘Ask the Lord to console him and sustain him in his witness of love for the Church’
