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   Who is Pope Benedict XVI?

   • Benedict XVI (born April 16, 1927, Marktl am Inn, Germany—died December 31, 2022, Vatican City) was the bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. Prior to his election as pope, Benedict led a distinguished career as a theologian and as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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   How old was Pope Benedict XVI when he died?

   • He lived in a monastery on Vatican grounds until his death on December 31, 2022 at the age of 95. Pope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany, the youngest of three children. His father was a policeman and his mother a hotel cook (before she married).

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   Where did Pope Benedict XVI come from?

   • His father, a police officer, came from a traditional family of farmers from Lower Bavaria. He spent his adolescent years in Traunstein, a small town on the Austrian border. It was in this context, which Pope Benedict XVI himself has described as "Mozartian", that he received his Christian, human and cultural formation.

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   What did Pope Benedict XVI do?

   • Benedict XVI served as pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. He is best known for his rigid views on Catholicism and topics such as birth control and homosexuality, and for being the first pope in centuries to step down from the role. (1927-2022) Who Is Pope Benedict XVI?

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2. www.britannica.com › biography › Benedict-XVIBenedict XVI | Biography, Pope, Papacy, Resignation, Legacy ...

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   May 20, 2024 · Benedict XVI (born April 16, 1927, Marktl am Inn, Germany—died December 31, 2022, Vatican City) was the bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. Prior to his election as pope, Benedict led a distinguished career as a theologian and as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

3. www.vaticannews.va › en › vatican-cityDeath of Pope Emeritus Benedict: his official biography

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   Dec 31, 2022 · Following the announcement of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday at the age of 95, we look back at his long life and its main highlights with the following official biography. By Vatican News.

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   Apr 3, 2014 · Benedict XVI served as pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. He is best known for his rigid views on Catholicism and topics such as birth control and homosexuality.

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6. www.usccb.org › popes › pope-benedict-xviPope Benedict XVI - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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   On February 28, 2013, Pope Benedict announced his resignation, becoming the first pope in almost 600 years to resign from the papacy. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on December 31, 2022 at the age of 95. Read the full biography of Pope Benedict on the Vatican website.

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   Apr 19, 2005 · BENEDICT XVI. Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) was born on 16 April 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Germany. His father, a police officer, came from a traditional family of farmers from Lower Bavaria. He spent his adolescent years in Traunstein, a small town on the Austrian border.

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9. apnews.com › article › pope-benedict-xvi-a-lifeBenedict XVI, reluctant pope who chose to retire, dies at 95

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   Dec 31, 2022 · Benedict XVI, the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years, has died. VATICAN CITY (AP) — He was the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps and Mozart piano concertos to the public glare and majesty of Vatican pageantry.

10. www.nytimes.com › europe › benedict-xvi-deadBenedict XVI, First Modern Pope to Resign, Dies at 95

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    Dec 31, 2022 · Benedict XVI, the pope emeritus, a quiet scholar of diamond-hard intellect who spent much of his life enforcing church doctrine and defending tradition before shocking the Roman Catholic...