Former Pope Benedict has said he resigned after "God told me to" during what he called a "mystical experience," a Catholic news agency reported. Benedict, whose formal title is now Pope Emeritus, ...

An adult faith, he once said, is not one that “follows the waves of fashion and the latest novelty.” Most people saw Pope Benedict XVI - who announced Monday he would resign on February 28 for health ...

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EL CAJON, Calif. — The bishop of a small Chaldean Catholic community in the San Diego area has resigned amid charges that he embezzled $270,000 from his parish, Pope Leo XIV announced Tuesday. Bishop ...

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of a bishop of a Chaldean Catholic church in the San Diego area who was accused of embezzling about $270,000 from his congregation, the Vatican announced on ...