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Benedict was also known to be fond of cats. [22] As Cardinal Ratzinger, he was known (according to former neighbours) to look after stray cats in his neighbourhood, Borgo. A book called Joseph and Chico: A Cat Recounts the Life of Pope Benedict XVI was
Ratzinger was born in Pleiskirchen, Bavaria, to Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. (1877–1959), a police officer, and Maria Ratzinger, née Peintner (1884–1963). [1] His younger brother is Joseph Ratzinger (1927–2022), who later reigned as Pope Benedict XVI from 2005 to 2013, and they had an elder sister, Maria (1921–1991). [1]
Pope Francis, Benedict's successor, presided over the service, which was conducted primarily in Latin with prayers and readings also in Italian, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and Arabic. [33] The Sistine Chapel Choir sang at the service, and Giovanni Battista Re , Dean of the College of Cardinals , celebrated the Eucharist at the altar ...
Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in Marktl, in Germany, ... And he asked that he be addressed as Father Benedict. The former pope also maintained a cordial relationship with ...
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 ...
Ratzinger saw their disrespect and unruliness as part and parcel of a general societal descent into moral decay, materialism and atheism. ... Benedict the pope also sometimes surprised the flock ...
While continuing to be prefect, Ratzinger was promoted within the College of Cardinals to become cardinal bishop of Velletri-Segni in 1993, and became the college's vice-dean in 1998 and dean (senior cardinal) in 2002. He was elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, becoming pope emeritus on his retirement in 2013.
“The Queen and the Pope understood what it was to be in service more or less for a lifetime.” Joseph Ratzinger was elected as the 265th pope on April 19 2005, aged 78, and chose the name Benedict.