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Jul 1, 2024 · Benedict XVI was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. His papacy faced several challenges, including the effects of the scandal beginning in the late 1990s surrounding the church’s handling of sexual abuse by priests. He became the first pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.
Jul 18, 2024 · He was President of the Preparatory Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which after six years of work (1986-1992) presented the new Catechism to the Holy...
Jul 17, 2024 · Pope Benedict XVI was born only 10 miles from a Marian shrine that has shaped the faith in Germany’s southern region Bavaria for centuries. For the late German Pope, the city of Altötting was...
3 days ago · The Dec. 30-31 conference, co-hosted by EWTN, the Fundatio Christiana Virtus, and the Vatican Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI foundation, examined the “life, teaching and legacy” of the late pope, drawing on scholars, experts, some of his friends. It took place at the Campo Santo Teutonico within the Vatican walls.
Jul 18, 2024 · Pope Francis will preside over the funeral of Benedict XVI on Thursday, Jan. 5 at 9:30 a.m. (Rome time), in St. Peter’s Square. Two official state delegations, those of Italy and Germany, will attend the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Jul 19, 2024 · Interesting Facts about His Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI. • On April 16, 2008, Benedict XVI celebrated his 81st birthday, and on that day he was at the White House, after which he attended a...
Jul 14, 2024 · Pope Benedict XVI spent the final decade of his life largely out of the public eye, living in retirement as pope emeritus in a monastery in Vatican City.
