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The Vatican confirms that the butler to Pope Benedict XVI has been arrested for allegedly leaking confidential documents.
2012-05-26

As he arrives in Cuba to begin a three day visit there, Pope Benedict XVI offers a prescription for change.
2012-03-26

Authorities in Cuba detain dissident Berta Soler and dozens of her supporters ahead of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI.
2012-03-18

Pope John Paul II is beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in Saint Peter's Square, Rome.
2011-05-1

Pope Benedict XVI beatifies Cardinal John Henry Newman in an outdoor mass in Birmingham, England, on the final day of his visit to the UK.
2010-09-19

Sex abuse campaigners meet at a conference in Islington, North London, to call for "action not words" from Pope Benedict XVI ahead of his visit to the UK.
2010-09-11

Pope Benedict XVI appoints Archbishop Velasio de Paolis to lead the Legion of Christ following the previous head who had engaged in child sex abuse and a number of other crimes throughout his career.
2010-07-9

Children were allegedly "sadistically tormented and also sexually abused" at a Catholic monastery in Ettal, Bavaria.
2010-04-12

Pope Benedict XVI is "distraught" by news alleged of child sexual abuse in Catholic dioceses in Germany, according to Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, as the church also faces paedophilia scandals in Ireland, Austria, and the Netherlands, while Pope Benedict defends clerical celibacy, calling it a symbol of "full devotion" and of "giving oneself to God and to others."
2010-03-12

Pope Benedict XVI meets and forgives the woman who attacked him at Christmas Eve Mass in 2009.
2010-01-13