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Pope emeritus Benedict XVI with Pope Francis (left) in the Vatican Gardens, July 2013. After his resignation, Benedict retained his papal name rather than reverting to his birth name. [9] He continued to wear the white cassock but without the pellegrina or the fascia. He ceased wearing red papal shoes.
Frank Hanna III, entrepreneur, philanthropist and merchant banker; Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI and described as "one of the leading Catholic philanthropists in the USA." [9] Mason Hawkins, value investor and founder of Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. Ron Holt, founder and CEO of Two ...
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger was born on 16 April (Holy Saturday) 1927 at 11 Schulstrasse, his parents' home in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria and baptised on the same day.He was the third and youngest child of Joseph Ratzinger Sr. (1877–1959), a police officer, and his wife, Maria (née Peintner) (1884–1963), whose family were from South Tyrol.
Benedict XVI, the former pope who upended centuries of tradition by resigning as pontiff, has died at 95. ... In a 2006 speech at a German university where he once taught, Benedict cited a ...
The college of science and engineering continued as formed in the previous century. Conner Hall became the first building built in South Campus and first of several buildings that housed the university's agriculture programs on what came to be known as "Ag Hill". In 1914, the first Phi Beta Kappa chapter in the state of Georgia was founded at ...
At the 2010 meeting, it was announced that Pope Benedict XVI had decided to donate a sizable sum of money for the establishment of a sort of 'Nobel Prize in Theology' (as Camillo Ruini called it) in recognition of those who perform promising scholarly research relating to or expounding upon his work; it was named the Ratzinger Prize, and each winner will receive a check for $87,000.
Ward was declared venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2009, and he mentioned her the following year during his state visit to the United Kingdom. [ 15 ] By the twenty-first century, over 200 schools had been named after her and they form a worldwide network. [ 2 ]
One of the best-known religious figures in colonial Brazil, renowned for his healing powers, Galvão was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 May 2007, becoming the first Brazilian-born saint. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He was the second Brazilian to be proclaimed a saint by the Catholic Church.