Pope Benedict

Web On April 18 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the 264th successor of Saint Peter and chose the name Benedict XVI. Web Pope Francis.

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His papacy testifies to both a scholarly.

. Web 1 day agoBenedict was the first pope in six centuries to step down. Web 22 hours agoBorn in 1927 in what is now Germany as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger Benedict was selected pope in 2005 after the death of Pope John Paul II and officiated. Web 1 day agoBenedict 95 in 2013 became the first pope in more than 600 years to resign citing his advanced age and ebbing strength amid the clerical sexual abuse scandal that.

Web Vatican City Pope Francis said Wednesday that his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is very sick and he is praying for him and would like the faithful. Web 23 hours agoBenedict who was the first pontiff to resign in 600 years has become increasingly frail in recent years as he dedicated his post-papacy life to prayer and. I want to ask you all for a special prayer for.

Web The current pope 86 told those at the Vatican Wednesday the 95-year-old former pope is very sick CNN reports. Pope Francis who uses a wheelchair due to knee pain has often alluded to his own resignation. Bruni said that Benedicts.

Web 23 hours agoBenedict who was the first pontiff to resign in 600 years has become increasingly frail in recent years as he dedicated his post-papacy life to prayer and. Pope Francis said his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was a leader in taking. Web The future pope then five years old was part of a group of children who presented the cardinal with flowers and later that day Ratzinger announced he wanted to be a cardinal.

Web Rome CNN Pope Francis said Wednesday that his predecessor Pope Benedict is very sick and asked for prayers for the 95-year-old former pontiff. Increasingly frail he has rarely made public appearances in recent years. Web 1 day agoBenedict was the first pope to retire in 600 years.

Benedict XVI was leader in responding to sexual abuse. Web Pope Benedict IX born Theophylactus of Tusculum in Rome was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States on three occasions between October 1032 and July 1048.

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