Pope visits Turkey's Blue Mosque for meeting with religious leaders

Pope Leo toured the 17th-century mosque, but did not pray there.

• Nov 29, 2025

Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce on "The Two Popes"

In 2013 the unthinkable happened: a pope resigned, and another became head of the Vatican. For the first time in six centuries, the Catholic Church had two popes. The new film "The Two Popes" imagines what conversations between the 85-year-old Pope Benedict XVI (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins) and Pope Francis (played by Jonathan Pryce) would have sounded like — and since both pontiffs disagreed on most everything, not all of that conversation is polite. Correspondent Tracy Smith talked with Hopkins and Pryce about their star-making movies, faith, and friendship.

• Dec 1, 2019
• 08:34

Theology professor on health of Pope Francis

Candida Moss, a professor of theology for the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, joins Errol Barnett and Lana Zak to react to the hospitalization of Pope Francis. He was admitted to a facility in Rome Wednesday to receive treatment for a respiratory infection.

• Mar 30, 2023
• 05:03

Pope Francis says homosexuality "is not a crime," but gay sex is "a sin"

The Catholic leader spoke about laws discriminating against LGBTQ people, his health and his predecessor in a wide-ranging interview with the AP.

• Jan 25, 2023

Pope Benedict buried in St. Peter's Basilica

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was buried today at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. His successor, Pope Francis, led the procession. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Seth Doane joins the stream from Rome to discuss.

• Jan 5, 2023
• 03:18

Funeral service held for Benedict XVI

Thousands of mourners gathered at the Vatican to remember Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI before he was laid to rest. The retired pontiff was 95 years old. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joins "CBS News Mornings" with details.

• Jan 5, 2023
• 04:35

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI laid to rest by his successor, Pope Francis

Never in the history of the Catholic Church had a pope conducted a funeral ceremony for his predecessor, until now.

• Jan 5, 2023

U.S. ambassador to Holy See on Pope Benedict XVI

Tens of thousands of mourners in Vatican City were paying their respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI. U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly joined CBS News to discuss the pope emeritus and the future of the church.

• Jan 4, 2023
• 04:04

Thousands honor the late Pope Benedict

CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joins us from Rome to discuss the events in Vatican City on the final day of public viewing for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and details on the funeral being planned for Thursday.

• Jan 4, 2023
• 04:55

Pope Benedict XVI lies in state at Vatican

The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will lie in state for the next three days, allowing the faithful to pay their respects before Thursday's funeral. Pope Francis, who took the papacy in 2013, is now the only pope still alive. Chris Livesay speaks with a Vatican correspondent who says Francis will feel he has lost a confidant and grandfather figure.

• Jan 2, 2023
• 02:44

Thousands mourn Benedict XVI as former pope lies in state at the Vatican

He was known as a traditionalist — "God's rottweiler" — for fiercely adhering to church doctrine. But Benedict's papacy was a papacy of firsts.

• Jan 2, 2023

Pope Emeritus Benedict dies at 95

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died just days after the Vatican announced the 95-year-old was in ill health. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay looks back at his life and CBS News senior foreign correspondent Seth Doane discusses the late pontiff's legacy.

• Dec 31, 2022
• 11:36

Pope Emeritus Benedict's legacy

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is remembered for breaking several Catholic Church traditions, including becoming the first sitting pontiff to retire from the position in nearly 600 years. CBS News anchor Lana Zak spoke with Candida Moss, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, about the late pope's legacy.

• Dec 31, 2022
• 05:54

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at 95

Former Pope Benedict XVI died on Saturday at age 95. Born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, the German Cardinal who succeeded Pope John Paul II served as pope for eight years before stepping down, becoming the first pope in 600 years to resign his office. Correspondent Chris Livesay is at the Vatican with the latest.

• Dec 31, 2022
• 03:14

Benedict XVI, the first pope in centuries to resign, dies at age 95

The German-born pontiff never wanted to lead the Catholic Church, and he may be best remembered for the way he departed the role.

• Dec 31, 2022

Pope Benedict lucid and stable, Vatican says

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is conscious, lucid and stable, according to the Vatican Thursday. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reported from Rome with the latest on Benedict's condition.

• Dec 29, 2022
• 03:54

Retired Pope Benedict lucid, stable but still in serious condition

Pope Francis asked people to keep praying for his predecessor "in these difficult hours."

• Dec 29, 2022