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Pope 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.
- Benedikt XVI.
Benedikt XVI. ( lateinisch Benedictus PP. XVI ), bürgerlich...
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Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI. On 31 December 2022,...
- Resignation
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took effect on 28...
- Benedikt XVI.
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From 1946 to 1951, he studied philosophy and theology in the Higher School of Philosophy and Theology of Freising and at the University of Munich. He received his priestly ordination on 29 June 1951. A year later he began teaching at the Higher School of Freising. In 1953, he obtained his doctorate in theology with a thesis entitled “People and Hou...
On 25 March 1977, Pope Paul VI named him Archbishop of Munich and Freising. On 28 May of the same year, he received episcopal ordination. He was the first diocesan priest in 80 years to take on the pastoral governance of the great Bavarian Archdiocese. He chose as his episcopal motto: “Cooperators of the truth”. He himself explained why: On the one...
John Paul II named him Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and of the International Theological Commission on 25 November 1981. On 15 February 1982, he resigned the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The Holy Father elevated him to the Order of Bis...
Among his many publications, special mention should be made of his Introduction to Christianity, a compilation of University lectures on the Apostolic Creed, published in 1968; and Dogma and Preaching(1973), an anthology of essays, sermons and reflections dedicated to pastoral arguments. His address to the Catholic Academy of Bavaria on “Why I am s...
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was elected on 19 April 2005 as the 265thPope. 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. On 11 February 2013, during the Ordinary Public Consistory for the Vote on several Causes for Canonization, Benedict announcedhis decision to r...
Besuchen Sie die offizielle Website von Benedikt XVI., dem ehemaligen Oberhaupt der katholischen Kirche. Finden Sie seine Schriften, Reden, Botschaften und Gebete.
31. Dez. 2022 · 31 December 2022. By Emily McGarvey,BBC News. Getty Images. Former Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic...
