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Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: ... He was appointed a full professor in 1958 at the age of 31. After a long career as a professor of theology at several German ...
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier released a statement, saying that "Germany mourns Pope Benedict XVI and will remember his work." [114] Chancellor Olaf Scholz released a statement, saying that "as the 'German' pope, Benedict XVI was a special church leader for many, not just in this country. The world is losing a formative figure of the ...
Decreed that priests are not allowed to have long hair. 12 166/7 – 174/5 ... third and last member of the Orsini family to be pope. Originally called Benedict XIV ...
Benedict was the longest-living pope, having surpassed Pope Leo XIII in September 2020. Benedict, the first pope to voluntarily give up the pontifical reins in nearly 600 years, spent his twilight ...
Benedict XVI, the former pope who upended centuries of tradition by resigning as pontiff, has died at 95. Former Pope Benedict XVI, conservative pontiff who was first in 600 years to resign, dies ...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took effect on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 CET, following Benedict's announcement of it on 11 February. [1] [2] [3] It made him the first pope to relinquish the office [note 1] since Gregory XII was forced to resign in 1415 [4] to end the Western Schism, and the first pope to voluntarily resign since Celestine V in 1294.
When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI and was thrust into the footsteps of his beloved and charismatic predecessor, he said he felt a guillotine had come down on him. The Vatican ...