VATICAN CITY, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Lawmakers have a responsibility to protect human life, Pope Benedict XVI told U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Vatican said Wednesday.
ROME, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received a gift Monday from her counterpart in the Italian legislature -- the birth certificates of her grandparents.
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI Tuesday sent U.S. President Barack Obama a telegram urging him to fight poverty and promote peace.
WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI Sunday urged the United States not to divide immigrant families, but to protect them.
WASHINGTON, April 15 (UPI) -- Shepherd One, the airplane carrying Pope Benedict XVI and his entourage, landed at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, Tuesday under sunny skies.
ROME, April 16 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 80th birthday on Monday with visits from well-wishers and the anticipation of a new portrait. The pontiff spent the morning with visiting politicians and churchmen and was to have lunch with his cardinals, the Italian news
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, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI plans a trip to Poland in May, including a visit to the concentration camp at Auschwitz for prayers.
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, Vatican City, May 7 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday at the basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome that he was not a king but "a servant of the servants of God."
