AMMAN, Jordan, May 10 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI Sunday urged greater respect for women and condemned terrorism during a historic mass in Amman, Jordan.
VATICAN CITY, April 12 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI began the Easter Vigil late Saturday at St. Peter's in Rome, celebrating the mass that opens the holiest day of the Christian calendar.
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Iraqi bishops discussed with Pope Benedict XVI convening a council of Middle East churches to discuss problems facing the Christian community in their country.
ROME, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- An estimated 20,000 people gathered in Rome Monday to hear Pope Benedict XVI pray for struggling families and those without jobs.
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI spoke at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City Sunday, noting that the Christian communities in Iraq and India were the victims of intolerance.
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- In his first Christmas Eve message as pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI Saturday pleaded for peace in the Middle East.
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."
BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 20 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Emile Lahoud Wednesday congratulated Pope Benedict XVI on his election to succeed John Paul II.