Pope Leo XIV will present the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, one of the most ...

The Italian-born maestro who spent more than a decade at the CSO is the latest recipient of the prestigious Ratzinger Prize, nicknamed the “Nobel Prize of Theology.” ...

The Joseph Ratzinger I knew for 35 years — first as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), later as Pope Benedict XVI and then pope emeritus — was a brilliant, holy man who ...

The prestigious Ratzinger Prize this year will go to Riccardo Muti, who was chosen by the scientific committee and the board of directors of the Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict ...

Pope Benedict XVI delivers a blessing at the start of his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Gino Burresi may sound like the name of a shortstop ...

The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation awarded its annual Ratzinger Prize this week to two Spaniards, the theologian Father Pablo Blanco Sarto and the philosopher Professor Francesc ...

NEW YORK: In its upcoming issue, the Time magazine says that there was a 'stealth campaign' to install Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new pope. NEW YORK: There was a 'stealth campaign' to install ...

Long before German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, theologian Tracey Rowland was engaged in studying his scholarship — a bevy of academic work that she believes should ...

VATICAN CITY — Although the conclave officially began when the ornate doors of the Sistine Chapel closed Monday, the election of Pope Benedict XVI less than 24 hours later was virtually decided before ...

Ratzinger, the first German pope in centuries, emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, where he waved to a wildly cheering crowd of tens of thousands and gave his first blessing. Other ...

German journalist Michael Hesemann had an enlightening experience interviewing Msgr. Georg Ratzinger for the new book My Brother, the Pope. Msgr. Georg Ratzinger’s new book, My Brother, the Pope, ...

Father Ratzinger, a trained musician, pursued a career far away from the world of the Vatican and the future Pope Benedict XVI. By Ari L. Goldman The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, a Roman Catholic priest and ...