Pope Benedict XVI - Wikipedia
WEBPope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.
Benedict XVI | Biography, Pope, Papacy, Resignation, Legacy,
WEB20 May 2024 · His work in theology attracted the attention of the archbishop of Cologne, Joseph Frings, who asked Ratzinger to serve as his expert assistant at the Second Vatican Council (1962–65). One of the more progressive figures at the council, Ratzinger opposed those who hoped to limit reform.
Joseph Ratzinger, former Pope Benedict XVI, shaped Catholic ... - CNN
WEB31 Dec 2022 · CNN —. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose death at 95 was announced Saturday, was a powerful intellectual force who shaped the Catholic Church’s theology for more than a quarter century before ...
Benedict XVI, First Modern Pope to Resign, Dies at 95
WEB31 Dec 2022 · As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, charged with leading the powerful Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office responsible for defending church orthodoxy, he had been ahead of...
Death of Pope Emeritus Benedict: his official biography
WEB31 Dec 2022 · Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was elected on 19 April 2005 as the 265 th Pope. He was the oldest person to be elected Pope since 1730, and had been a Cardinal for a longer period of time than any Pope since 1724.
Benedict: The pope who resigned from the papacy - BBC News
WEB31 Dec 2022 · Joseph Ratzinger became a prime candidate for rapid advancement and it was no surprise when his ideological soul-mate Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Munich, and then cardinal, in 1977...
Pope Benedict XVI - Resignation, Age & Retirement - Biography
WEB3 Apr 2014 · Pope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany, the youngest of three children. His father was a policeman and his mother a hotel cook (before...
Pope Benedict XVI Dies - The New York Times
WEB31 Dec 2022 · As a younger cleric, Benedict, born Joseph Ratzinger, experienced the opening of the Catholic Church to the modern world that was set in motion by the reforms of the Second Vatican Council,...
Biographical notes of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI - Vatican
WEB19 Apr 2005 · Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) was born on 16 April 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Germany. His father, a police officer, came from a traditional family of farmers from Lower Bavaria. He spent his adolescent years in Traunstein, a …
Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, 1927 - 2022 - Financial Times
WEB31 Dec 2022 · In that era, the future pope was known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a talented scholar who for almost a quarter of a century served as the intellectual architect of John Paul’s papacy.
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