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Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; ‹See Tfd› German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈʔaːlɔɪ̯s ˈʁat͡sɪŋɐ]; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Following the announcement of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday at the age of 95, we look back at his long life and its main highlights with the following official biography. By Vatican News
Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Benedict XVI, the eminent German theologian and conservative enforcer of Roman Catholic Church doctrine who broke with almost 600 years of tradition by resigning and then living for nearly a...
Dec 31, 2022 · Former Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for fewer than eight years until, in 2013, he became the...
Sep 16, 2024 · Benedict XVI (born April 16, 1927, Marktl am Inn, Germany—died December 31, 2022, Vatican City) was the bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. Prior to his election as pope, Benedict led a distinguished career as a theologian and as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Dec 31, 2022 · Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95 after a period of ill health, the Vatican announced Saturday. Dignitaries and religious leaders are paying tribute to the former pope, who in...
Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Francis led tributes to his predecessor on Saturday, after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95.
Dec 31, 2022 · The Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died. He was 95. Benedict was the first pope in 600 years to resign. Benedict had become increasingly frail during his almost 10 years of retirement. Benedict’s dramatic decision in 2013 to resign paved the way for the conclave that elected Pope Francis. (AP Video shot by Luigi Navarra. Dec. 31)
Dec 31, 2022 · Farewell to Benedict XVI: ‘Humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord'. The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. By Vatican News. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has returned to the Father’s House.
Dec 31, 2022 · Benedict XVI, the pope emeritus, a quiet scholar of diamond-hard intellect who spent much of his life enforcing church doctrine and defending tradition before shocking the Roman Catholic...
