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The Vatican denounces what it calls aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland.

The sexual abuse of children is not just a "heinous crime" but a "grave sin" that offends God and wounds human dignity, Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday after a two-day meeting with Irish Catholic bishops at the Vatican.

The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI is fine and will appear as planned for his traditional Christmas Day blessing hours after ...

Pope Benedict shares the "outrage, betrayal and shame" felt by the Irish people over a government report that said Church leaders covered up widespread sexual abuse of children for 30 years, the Vatican said on Friday.

Pope Benedict XVI has has created a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Benedict XVI fractured his right wrist in a fall Friday morning while on vacation in northern Italy, the Vatican said.

At a Mass to wrap up his weeklong pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Benedict XVI tells the Israeli city's residents to work for peaceful coexistence. Celebrating Mass for tens of thousands of pilgrims in Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI today urged Christians and Muslims to reject the "hatred and prejudice" that have produced sporadic conflict in the predominantly Arab city.

Pope Benedict XVI called for the creation of a “homeland of their own” for Palestinians, underscoring in a speech that the Vatican supported the creation of a state.

Pope Benedict comforted survivors of Italy's earthquake Tuesday and asked God to heed the "silent cry" of its victims rising from the earth.

Pope Benedict XVI sought to give a message of hope on Easter Sunday to victims of wars, poverty and financial turmoil, saying ...