In the 15 days between the death of Pope Benedict XV on January 22, 1922 and the election of his successor, Pius XI, on ...

On December 24, 1914, the fighting along the Western Front of the First World War stopped suddenly. It was just […] ...

It was, after all, Christmas Eve, a seemingly inappropriate time for the Christians of Europe to kill each other. Earlier in ...

Just about a month into the war, Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa was elected Pope and took the name Benedict XV. He strongly believed in papal authority. Back in 1910, his Lenten Pastoral had been ...

Just about a month into the war, Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa was elected Pope and took the name Benedict XV. He strongly believed in papal authority. Back in 1910, his Lenten Pastoral had been ...

Peter's Square in the presence of 15,000 people, the Pope again gave thanks to God ... XVI ideally as a link to the venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV, who guided the Church through the turbulent ...

The Catholic Church has strict protocols in place following the death of its leader, but with the death of former Pope Benedict, it is unclear whether those same protocols will apply to a retired ...

The name "Benedict" also acknowledged Benedict XV, a much-overlooked pope who tried to broker a peace agreement to end the First World War. Controversies in the pontificate After his election ...