The earlylifeofPopeBenedictXVI concerns the period from his birth in 1927 through the completion of his education and ordination in 1951. Joseph Alois...
PopeBenedictXVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December...
resignation ofPopeBenedictXVI took effect on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 CET, following his announcement of it on 11 February. It made him the first pope to relinquish...
papal tenure, PopeBenedictXVI focused on building on the outreach of his predecessors towards Islam, particularly on the efforts ofPope John Paul II...
ceremonial ofBenedictXVI (2005–2013) re-introduced several papal garments which had previously fallen into disuse. PopeBenedictXVI resumed the use of the...
Regensburg address was delivered on 12 September 2006 by PopeBenedictXVI at the University of Regensburg in Germany, which sparked international reactions...
Predominantly set in Vatican City in the aftermath of the Vatican leaks scandal, the film follows PopeBenedictXVI, played by Anthony Hopkins, as he attempts...
PopeBenedict XV (Latin: Benedictus XV; Italian: Benedetto XV), born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa (Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo ˈpaːolo dʒoˈvanni...
PopeBenedict XIII (Latin: Benedictus XIII; Italian: Benedetto XIII; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called...
encyclical letter by PopeBenedictXVI promulgated on November 30, 2007, and is about the theological virtue of hope. Benedict has systematically touched...
the course of his papacy, BenedictXVI (r. 2005–2013) issued two documents altering certain details of the procedures for electing a pope: De electione...
visit ofPopeBenedictXVI to the United Kingdom was held from 16 to 19 September 2010 and was the first visit by a Pope to Britain after Pope John Paul...
one of them. The early Middle Ages have been called "the Benedictine centuries." In April 2008, PopeBenedictXVI discussed the influence St Benedict had...
The rest of the lifeof the former pope was spent in peaceful obscurity in Ancona. He was the last pope to resign until BenedictXVI did so on 28 February...
PopeBenedict VI (Latin: Benedictus VI; died June 974) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 19 January 973 to his death in 974. His...
PopeBenedict XI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XI; 1240 – 7 July 1304), born Nicola Boccasini (Niccolò of Treviso), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler...
administrations of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner considered him to be a political rival. Following the resignation ofPopeBenedictXVI on 28...
in "Benedictus PP. XVI" (PopeBenedictXVI), except in papal bulls of canonization and decrees of ecumenical councils, which a pope signs with the formula...
PopeBenedict XIV (Latin: Benedictus XIV; Italian: Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic...
to love it. — PopeBenedictXVI Originally, Pope John Paul II was to attend the World Youth Day in Cologne. As he died four months earlier, it was instead...
procedures were established by Pope John Paul II in his apostolic constitution, Universi Dominici gregis, as amended by PopeBenedictXVI in 2007 and 2013. A two-thirds...
pontifical council of the Roman Curia whose creation was announced by PopeBenedictXVI at vespers on 28 June 2010, eve of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and...
1423), known as el Papa Luna in Spanish and Pope Luna in English, was an Aragonese nobleman who, as Benedict XIII, is considered an antipope (see Western...
Patriarch of the West was removed from the papal list of titles by the succeeding pope, BenedictXVI, due to its obsolescence. On 9 May 2005, BenedictXVI began...
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