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Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈʔaːlɔɪ̯s ˈʁat͡sɪŋɐ]; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.
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 ...
One of the few popes who abdicated voluntarily. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Founded the Celestines. Resigned from office and rumoured to have been murdered in prison by Boniface VIII. 193: 24 December 1294 – 11 October 1303 (8 years, 291 days) Boniface VIII BONIFATIVS Octavus: Benedetto Caetani: c. 1230–36 Anagni, Papal States ...
The Rise of Benedict XVI: The inside story of how the pope was elected and where it will take the Catholic Church. Doubleday Religion. ISBN 0-385-51320-8. Greeley, Andrew M. (2005). The Making of the Pope: 2005. Brown, Little. ISBN 0-316-86149-9. Weigel, George (2005). God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church ...
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.
After Ratzinger's election as Pope he wrote two portraits about him. [3] In the summer of 2010, Seewald stayed in Castel Gandolfo for a few days to join Pope Benedict XVI to prepare a third interview book. Seewald's interview with Pope Benedict XVI. was published at the end of November 2010 under the title Licht der Welt (Light of the