#Pontiffs

Benedict XVI: Pope Emeritus in Germany. Mgr. Bätzing welcomes him on behalf of German Bishops’ Conference

John Paul II: mgr. Gadecki (Polish Bishops) thanks Pope Francis for commemorating Karol Wojtyla

John Paul II: Benedict XVI to the Polish bishops for the 100th anniversary of Wojtyla’s birth, “he aroused renewed admiration for Christ and His Church”

Benedict XVI: visiting Castelli Romani yesterday and stopping at the Sanctuary of Madonna del Tufo at Rocca

The Vatican opens its Archives on Pius XII. Riccardi, historian: “Completeness will do justice to the action of the Holy See”

“Pius XII lived in impossible times for an international institution such as the Catholic Church, which was being torn apart…