Pope Benedict XVI
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Carola Long: A cover star fit for a sordid age...eclectic nature of the other nominees for the title (at number two and three, respectively, were Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI) points to the fact that it was deliberately controversial, but it's still a depressing choice. It reflects a... In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Alice Cooper, Playboy, New York Post, Keith Richards, and Brian Jones |
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Daily Mail | 1 day ago
Pope John Paul 'regularly whipped himself to atone for his sins'
...material given the mass of responsibility and decisions taken by them as leaders of the Catholic Church. However, Pope Benedict XVI has put John Paul II's beatification cause on a fast track, waiving a rule requiring a five-year wait...
In this article: Pope John Paul II, Vatican, Catholic Church, Opus Dei, Castel Gandolfo, and Rome
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Palestinian nun takes step toward sainthood
...died in Jerusalem in 1927 at the age of 83. During Sunday's ceremony, the church unveiled a portrait of Ghattas. Pope Benedict XVI approved the beatification in July - the final step before sainthood. On Sunday. the pope praised...
In this article: Nazareth, Jerusalem, Israel, St. Peter's Square, West Bank, and Gaza Strip
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 2 days ago
Benedict Woos Artists, Urging 'Quest for Beauty'
...invited more than 250 artists, architects, musicians, directors, writers and composers for an audience on Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI. Sitting before Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel, after a choir sang music by...
In this article: Vatican City, Anglicans, Roman Catholic Church, Rowan Williams, Bill Viola, Mimmo Paladino, Michelangelo, Nihilism, and Relativism
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 3 days ago
Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI share 'cordial' talks
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI took significant steps on Saturday to heal the rift between their respective faiths. By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent, in Rome Published: 4:47PM GMT 21 Nov...
In this article: Pope, Anglicans, Catholic Church, Rowan Williams, Vatican, Rome, Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Canterbury
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Independent.co.uk - Europe | 4 days ago
A warm welcome from the Pope sows Anglican unease
...could strain talks Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will come face to face today Pope Benedict XVI will today greet Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the worldwide Anglican...
In this article: Anglicanism, Rowan Williams, Catholic Church, Church of England, Vatican, Pope, Rome, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Jeffrey Steenson
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
...be seen and the theory was dropped, Garlaschelli said. The last public display of the shroud was in 2000, when more than 1 million people turned up to see it. The next is scheduled for 2010, and Pope Benedict XVI has been asked to visit it.
In this article: Jesus of Nazareth, Vatican, Turin, Tiberius, and The Catholic Church
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
Pope prays for all kids on UN rights anniversary
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for greater international efforts to ensure basic human rights for children, saying he was praying for all young people who suffer. Benedict made the comments during his weekly general...
In this article: UN and Vatican City
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washingtonpost.com | November 16, 2009
Food summit turns down UN funding appeal
ROME -- Pope Benedict XVI decried the worsening plight of the world's 1 billion hungry on Monday as a United Nations food summit rallied around a strategy of more help to farmers in poor nations but rebuffed a U.N. appeal to commit billions...
In this article: United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization, Pope John Paul II, Agency for International Development, U.S., and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Times Online | November 16, 2009
We can feed the world despite global warming, says Pope Benedict
Navigation - link to other main sections from here We can feed the world despite global warming, says Pope Benedict Pope Benedict XVI today told a United Nations world food summit that "the Earth can sufficiently feed all of its...
In this article: Global warming, Food and Agricultural Organisation, United Nations, Climate change, God, World Summit, and Rome
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Detroit News | November 08, 2009
Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplace
Brescia, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Thousands held umbrellas or pulled jackets tightly about them as a chilly rain fell...
In this article: Pope Paul VI, Joseph Ratzinger, John Standeford, Brescia, Milan, Second Vatican Council, Roman Catholic Church, John XXIII, and The Lions
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Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on 16 April 1927) is the 265th and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church and, as such, Sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005. Pope Benedict XVI has both German and Vatican citizenship. He succeeded Pope John Paul II.
Benedict XVI is a respected Roman Catholic theologian and a prolific bestselling author, a defender of traditional Catholic doctrine and values. He served as a professor at various German universities and was a theological consultant at the Second Vatican Council before becoming Archbishop of Munich and Freising and later a cardinal. At the time of his election as Pope, Benedict had been Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (curial heads lose their positions upon the death of a pope) and was Dean of the College of Cardinals.
- Name At Birth:
- Joseph Alois Ratzinger
- Birth Date:
- April 16, 1927
- Birthplace:
- Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany
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