Ceremonial of Benedict XVI information

The ceremonial of Benedict XVI (2005–2013) re-introduced several papal garments which had previously fallen into disuse. Pope Benedict XVI resumed the...

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took effect on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 CET, following his announcement of it on 11 February. It made him the first...

Benedict XVI died at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City at the age of 95. He had been pope emeritus since his resignation as the leader of...

Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December...

typical edition of the Roman Missal, which became the last edition containing the Tridentine Mass. By decision of Pope Benedict XVI, its use remains...

Picture of the cappello romano of Pope Benedict XVI Picture of hand embroidered cappelli romani: red summer cappello romano of Pope Benedict XVI, white...

Pope Benedict XVI (r. 2005–2013) created 90 cardinals in five consistories. With three of those consistories he respected the limit on the number of cardinal...

The state visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom was held from 16 to 19 September 2010 and was the first visit by a Pope to Britain after Pope...

Piscatory Ring (Anulus piscatoris) of Pope Benedict XVI". [The ring] was passed to Pope Benedict XVI by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Cardinal...

of his successors have used it. On his personal coat of arms, Pope Benedict XVI replaced the tiara with a mitre, but the tiara remains on the coat of...

Prefect Emeritus of the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Benedict XVI's special envoy [1] at the celebrations of the closure of the Jubilee...

April 1969): "The use of the crozier and mitre in the coat-of-arms is suppressed." "Coat of Arms of His Holiness Benedict XVI". Vatican.va. Retrieved...

to the Rite Approved by Benedict XVI: A Consistory between Tradition and Innovation", Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Retrieved...

Pope Benedict XVI, On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the promulgation of Nostra aetate, October 27, 2005. Apostolic Letter on Use of the Preconciliar...

lappets ending in red fringes. Benedict XVI wearing a pretiosa: elaborately embroidered mitre. Papal Arms of Pope Benedict XVI. The papal tiara was replaced...

Benedict XVI's second pallium was not actually made until 2008, the model for it already existed on his coat of arms. A precedent for Pope Benedict XVI's...

term "acolyte" is also used of altar servers on whom no ordination or institution has been conferred. Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Saint Tarcisius as "presumably...

apostolic letter of Benedict XVI, in brief, allowed any priest of the Latin Church to celebrate the Tridentine Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962 without...

the ferula of Benedict XVI at the beginning of his pontificate. On 7 April 2013, at the Mass for the Possession of the Chair of the Bishop of Rome in the...

Ceremonies, serving under Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Before joining the papal household, Marini worked in the Archdiocese of Genoa, where he was the...

John Paul II discontinued the use of a throne carried on shoulders in 1978. Neither of his successors, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, has revived it...

commitment) is the third post-synodal apostolic exhortation issued by Pope Benedict XVI. It was signed on 19 November 2011 in Benin. "Pope signs apostolic exhortation...

Gaulle in 1960, South African president Nelson Mandela in 1996, Pope Benedict XVI in 2010, U.S. president Barack Obama in 2011, Burmese opposition leader...

funeral for Pope Benedict XVI, carrying the body into St. Peter's Basilica. Charles Owen O'Conor, O'Conor Don, Roscommon, Ireland 1860. Index of Vatican City-related...

Ap. Const. Pastor Bonus, Art. 58 §2. However, on 30 August 2011, Pope Benedict XVI amended Pastor Bonus with the motu proprio Quaerit semper, thereby transferring...

made as a single garment, with a non-detachable pellegrina. When Pope Benedict XVI retired in 2013, he decided that he would continue to wear a white cassock...

Pope Benedict XVI at the beginning of his pontificate, is closer to the original omophorion. Pope Benedict XVI later reverted to the original design of the...

ministry of the Church is conferred by a special sacrament.” Celebrating the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday with the priests of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI said...