A group of five new saints were canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday. The canonization mass took place in Saint Peter's Basilica.

Pope Benedict has announced a special meeting of bishops next year to discuss Middle East peace efforts and the role of the Catholic Church in the region.

He'll be home for Christmas. Pope Benedict XVI will, according to reports, release an album in time for the Christmas season.

Pope Benedict XVI was hospitalized on Friday after injuring his ankle and wrist while on vacation in Aosta in northern Italy, ANSA news agency reported.

Pope Benedict XVI often puts his foot in his mouth. But that is not the case with his third encyclical, CARITAS IN VERITATE. Released today, the Pope's encyclical is a plea for social justice, for a sense of community with each other, and for solidarity to replace greed. It is a fine read and worth looking at, even for the non-catholics among us - like me.

As the global recession continues to churn, Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday released his third encyclical, called "Charity in Truth," released as the G-8 summit begins in Italy.

On Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI announced that scientific analysis done on bones found in the on a tomb in the Basilica of St Paul in Rome seem to confirmed the belief that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint. Scientists had performed carbon dating tests on bone fragments found inside the sarcophagus and confirmed that they date from the first or second century.

The Pope, during the open air Mass in Nazaret told people that "hate kills the soul" and that Christians and Muslims need to repair the rift between them.

Sunday morning in Jordan's capital Amman Pope Benedict 16th celebrated open air mass. Roman Catholics from across the Middle East attended the service. He is now ending his trip to Jordan and moving on to Israel and to the Palestinian territories.