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 ...

Dublin, 26 August 1918 - Cardinal Logue has written to the press apologising for the delay in forwarding the letter from Pope Benedict XV addressed to the Irish bishops. The delay was attributed ...