Pope wants comeback for Gregorian chants
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Pope Benedict, who last week told the world he does not care much for Bob Dylan, said on Tuesday he would like Gregorian chant to make a comeback.
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Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday he is greatly concerned about the fate of Christians in Iraq, returning to a theme he discussed with President Bush earlier this month.
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Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for harmony in the diverse and sometimes fractious Roman Catholic Church, comparing it to a church organ in need of tuning.
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Pope John Paul II will give his traditional blessing at midday Sunday from the hospital where he is being treated for the flu and breathing troubles, but an aide will read out the weekly Angelus prayer, the Vatican announced Saturday.
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The Vatican used the stage of  the United Nations on Wednesday to try to make amends for  remarks by Pope Benedict that drew fury from Muslims worldwide.
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Pope John Paul II asks US bishops to give more guidance to Catholic priests, to avoid a repetition of the child sex abuse scandal.
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LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy  - Pope Benedict made an appeal for peace on Sunday, saying nations should halt bloody conflicts around the world to create a heaven on earth.
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Pressure mounted on Pope Benedict   to issue a personal apology on Sunday when he makes his first   public appearance since Muslim fury erupted over comments he   made about Islam.
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Pope Benedict XVI set aside his sermon and gave an encouraging talk to priests Thursday in the cathedral where he was ordained &#151; a spontaneous gesture ending a nostalgic, six-day homecoming to Bavaria.
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The Pope has called for peace in Iraq and Sudan during his traditional Christmas message in freezing rain in front of thousands of pilgrims to Rome.
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VATICAN CITY, Dec. 15 -- Pope Benedict XVI's personal priest asked the pontiff on Friday to declare a day of fasting and penance to express the Roman Catholic Church's solidarity with the victims of clerical sex abuse.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict hopes his   homecoming this weekend to the Catholic heartland of Bavaria   will revive faith in Germany as more than half a million   pilgrims prepare to welcome him.
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Pope Benedict XVI appeals for renewed respect for Sundays during his final day of his visit to Austria.
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The Vatican said yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI will soon issue a document providing for wider use of the Tridentine Mass, the centuries-old Latin rite that was largely supplanted in the 1960s by a new liturgy, usually translated into modern languages.
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A decree by Pope Benedict allowing priests to say the old Latin Mass more frequently has sparked criticism within both Catholic and Jewish ranks, with one Italian bishop saying he was "in mourning".
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Pope John Paul appealed yesterday for the release of the French and other hostages in Iraq, saying human beings could not be treated like merchandise.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury will use his Christmas sermon to call for more "reverence" of people and the planet.