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Archbishop Georg Gänswein who is Pope Benedict XVI's personal secretary since 2003 interviews with EWTN's German television branch on the occasion of the emeritus pope's 90th birthday.
2017-04-16

Pope Benedict XVI issues a new appeal for an end to bloodshed in Syria, and added a plea for peace in Libya.
2016-08-8

Pope Benedict XVI meets with a delegation from the Latin American Jewish Congress, and speaks about progress in relations between the two faiths in the past 50 years.
2012-05-10

An internal plot among cardinals to kill Pope Benedict XVI is alleged in Italy.
2012-02-10

Pope Benedict XVI ordains five new bishops, including a Chinese prelate from Hong Kong despite attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval.
2011-02-5

Pope Benedict XVI says his personal opinion is that condoms may be used "in exceptional cases" to combat HIV-AIDS, but the Vatican says it has not changed its policy on contraception.
2010-11-21

Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to elevate 24 new cardinals at a ceremony.
2010-11-20

Pope Benedict XVI, accompanied by tens of thousands of pilgrims, visits the famous Catholic shrine to the Virgin Mary in Fatima, as part of his four-day visit to Portugal, and recalls the assassination attempt on his predecessor there.
2010-05-12

The Pope encounters thousands of Facebook protesters after a seven-week online campaign against his views on contraception and HIV-AIDS.
2010-05-11

Nine Irish Roman Catholic bishops and Cardinal Seán Brady arrive in Rome to discuss the Murphy Report and Ryan Report into the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Ireland with Pope Benedict XVI, the first such meetings there in eight years.
2010-02-14