Pope Benedict News

Montreal - A Quebec victims group would like to see Marc Cardinal Ouellet succeed Pope Benedict as the next head of the Catholic Church. But the reasons for their support are not exactly complimentary to the 68-year-old cleric.

Morning Mass will be held Tuesday, in St Peter's Basilica, before eligible cardinals are closeted away in conclave as they begin the process to elect a new Pope.

A week ago Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, resigned following allegations of improper behavior. He vehemently denied the allegations but Sunday, in true Catholic style, he confessed.

Pope Benedict yesterday closed his Twitter account before vacating the position of the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and leaving the Vatican.

Edinburgh - The recently embattled Archbishop of Edinburgh, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, has announced he is resigning his position effective immediately.

Pope Benedict XVI has announced he will resign on February 28, a Vatican spokesman said, making him the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to do so in centuries.

The Pope’s new Twitter account gained nearly 360,000 followers this week. Here are ten people who tweeted at the Catholic leader and who presumably will not receive any kind of retweet.

In a ceremony held today, Sunday, at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI created seven new saints, one of whom, Kateri Tekakwitha, is the first Native American to be canonised.

Hamburg - The Vatican is suing the German satirical magazine, Titanic. Pope Benedict's lawyers claim that the images of the Pope on the magazine's covers violate his personal, legal rights.

Documents leaked to the Italian media, involving an alleged web of corruption, cronyism, and nepotism by the Vatican, have been traced to an intimate member of the papal household, the butler.