ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Security in Istanbul was tight Saturday ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey, his first official trip to a largely Muslim country.
VATICAN CITY, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Papal observers say Pope Benedict XVI is showing a fondness for red hats, like the one he wore at the Vatican Wednesday's weekly general audience.
VALENCIA, Spain, July 8 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI called the family "a unique institution in God's plan" as he gave the closing address Saturday at a Vatican conference in Spain.
BIRKENAU, Poland, May 28 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI visited the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp at the end of his tour of Poland, the BBC reported Sunday.
VATICAN CITY, March 8 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI has become to the first pontiff to don earbuds after being given an iPod Nano as a gift from the staff of Vatican Radio.
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI plans a trip to Poland in May, including a visit to the concentration camp at Auschwitz for prayers.
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- In his first Christmas Eve message as pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI Saturday pleaded for peace in the Middle East.
BAVARIA, Germany, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The owner of Pope Benedict XVI's Bavarian birthplace is considering selling it to a German church group that wants to make it a museum.
VATICAN CITY, July 7 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI, in a message to the victims, deplored the London bomb attacks as "anti-human and anti-Christian."
VATICAN CITY, May 13 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Friday he has suspended the usual waiting period necessary to grant his predecessor, John Paul II, Catholicism's highest honor.
