I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ideally as a link to the venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV, who guided the Church through the turbulent times of the First World War. He was a true and courageous ...

These events also formed backdrop to the Irish revolution (1912-1923), in which the papacy of Benedict XV would become seriously embroiled. Relations between Catholic Ireland and the Vatican had ...

These events also formed backdrop to the Irish revolution (1912-1923), in which the papacy of Benedict XV would become seriously embroiled. Relations between Catholic Ireland and the Vatican had ...