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Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was elected Pope Benedict XVI on 19 April 2005, succeeding John Paul II, who died on 2 April 2005. He stepped down as pope at 20:00 ( CET ) on 28 February 2013, in the first papal renunciation in almost 600 years since Pope Gregory XII in 1415, [ 1 ] and ...
Joseph Alois Ratzinger was born on 16 April, Holy Saturday, 1927 at Schulstraße 11 at 8:30 in the morning in his parents' home in Marktl, Bavaria, Germany. He was baptised the same day. He was the third and youngest child of Joseph Ratzinger Sr., a police officer, and Maria Ratzinger (née Peintner); his grand-uncle was the German priest ...
On 20 January 2022, a team of five lawyers of Westpfahl Spilker Wastl published a 1000+ page investigative report on child sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, and the ecclesiastical response to them, finding that Joseph Ratzinger (archbishop of Munich and Freising 1977–1982, later Pope Benedict XVI 2005–2013 ...
That report said the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger failed to take action against clerics in four cases of alleged abuse when he was the city's archbishop between 1977-1982.
Corruption in the Sacred Palaces - Bertone dismisses the Vatican's clean-up man - 500,000 euros for a nativity scene – The plot against reform - Simeon the conspirer: Godson of Bertone, Geronzi and Bisignani – Last appeal to Ratzinger – Cardinals and the pope's housekeeper come to Viganò defence – The Vatican's stonewall response ...
Bishop Kurt Krenn resigned from his post in 2004 after there was a scandal concerning child pornography allegedly being downloaded by a student at the seminary. [5] [6] Up to 40,000 photos and an undisclosed number of films, including child pornography, were found on the computer of one of the seminarians, but Krenn earlier angered many by calling the images a "childish prank".
Joseph Ratzinger (1927–2022) was named by Pope John Paul II on 25 November 1981 as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) formerly known as the Holy Office and, especially around the 16th century, as the Roman Inquisition. He previously became both Archbishop of Munich and Freising and a cardinal in 1977.
Syrian citizen Ismail Elhany, from Idlib, father of Muhammad who was tortured and killed by the Assad regime. He learned of the death of his son in photos leaked by ‘Caesar’ (Anadolu Agency ...