LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- England's Roman Catholic Church is outraged with a BBC documentary, which alleges that the pope covered up child abuse by priests.

BERLIN, April 19 (UPI) -- In his first year as Pope Benedict XVI, German-born Joseph Ratzinger has won over many critics who feared he would live up to the title of "God's Rottweiler."

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, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI has put the friars of the shrine of St. Francis of Assisi under control of church officials, stripping them of autonomy granted in 1969. During their 36 years of independence, the friars, who follow the teachings of one of the Roman Cath

BERLIN, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The secret police of former communist East Germany, the Stasi, from 1974 on has kept a file on Pope Benedict XVI.

HOUSTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A Texas lawyer with a suit pending against three Roman Catholic Church officials will challenge the constitutionality of granting the pope diplomatic immunity.

MARKTL AM INN, Germany, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Bidders have offered more than $6 million for the birth-house of Pope Benedict XVI, Deutsche Welle reported Tuesday.

BONN, Germany, July 11 (UPI) -- An Italian entrepreneur has developed a guidebook that will lead papal devotees on a tour of Pope Benedict XVI's German homeland.

MARKTL AM INN, Germany, June 24 (UPI) -- The home in Germany's Bavarian town of Marktl am Inn where the pope was born may be sold because its current owner is fed up with the tourist traffic.