Benedict XVI

Also known as Pope Benedict XVI, Josef Ratzinger, Benedetto XVI, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Joseph Alois Ratzinger, Pope Benedictus XVI, Benedictus XVI

265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)

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Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, born in Marktl in 1927, was a Latin Catholic priest, philosopher, and university teacher. He served as Pope and Dean of the College of Cardinals, holding the position of Pope emeritus. His occupations included roles as an archbishop and cardinal priest. He was educated at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Ducal Georgianum, and he taught at institutions including the University of Tübingen, the University of Bonn, and the University of Münster.

Ratzinger held academic degrees including a doctorate and Doctor of Divinity. He received awards such as the Commander of the Legion of Honour, the Bavarian Order of Merit, and the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. He was a member of organizations including the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. His notable works include Encyclical Letters and Lord I Love You! Homilies Through the Liturgical Year.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 1

Top works

Encyclical Letters
Lord I Love You! Homilies Through the Liturgical Year : Volume 2
Roman Martyrology Published by Order of
Lord, I Love You! Homilies Through the Liturgical Year

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Film & TV

Acting · Marktl, Weimar Republic [now Germany]

Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ʔaˈlɔʏzi̯ʊs ˈʁatsɪŋɐ]; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from April 19, 2005 until his resignation on February 28, 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave…

Known for

A Farewell to Francis — Self (archive footage)2025
The Accused: Damned or Devoted?2020
Francesco — Self2020
Benedicto XVI: el Papa Emérito — Himself2020
Drawn This Way — Self - Pope Emeritus (archive footage) (uncredited)2019
The Two Popes — Himself (archive footage)2019
Defender of the Faith — Self (archive footage)2019
Der Unbequeme - Joseph Ratzinger, der Glaube und die Welt von heute — Himself2017
Hostage to the Devil — Self (archive footage)2016
In Their Own Words — Self (archive footage)2015

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Vatican City
Active from: 1927
Active to: 2022

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 22
Total plays: 396

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Assessing Measurement Invariance in Cross‐National Consumer Research
· 1998 · cited 3,814x
GENCODE reference annotation for the human and mouse genomes
· 2018 · cited 3,056x
The complete sequence of a human genome
· 2022 · cited 2,941x
Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species
· 2021 · cited 2,922x
Mechanisms of mindfulness
· 2005 · cited 2,878x

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Quotes

“Islam has a total organization of life that is completely different from ours; it embraces simply everything. There is a very marked subordination of woman to man; there is a very tightly knit criminal law, indeed, a law regulating all areas of life, that is opposed to our modern ideas about society. One has to have a clear understanding that it is not simply a denomination that can be included in the free realm of a pluralistic society.”
“Unlimited trust should only be placed in the real Word of the Revelation that we encounter in the faith transmitted by the Church.”
“The ecclesial communities which have not preserved the valid Episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery, are not Churches in the proper sense; however, those who are baptized in these communities are, by Baptism, incorporated in Christ and thus are in a certain communion, albeit imperfect, with the Church.”
“Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment. Such attraction fades quickly - it cannot compete in the market of leisure pursuits, incorporating as it increasingly does various forms of religious titillation.”
“When human affairs are so ordered that there is no recognition of God, there is a belittling of man. That is why, in the final analysis, worship and law cannot be completely separated from each other. God has a right to a response from man, to man himself, and where that right of God totally disappears, the order of law among men is dissolved, because there is no cornerstone to keep the whole structure together.”
“Unspontaneity is of their essence. In these rites I discover that something is approaching me here that I did not produce myself, that I am entering into something greater than myself, which ultimately derives from divine revelation. This is why the Christian East calls the liturgy the "Divine Liturgy", expressing thereby the liturgy's independence from human control.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Orders Ordination29 June 1951 by Michael von Faulhaber Consecration28 May 1977 by Josef Stangl Created cardinal27 June 1977 by Paul VI Rank Cardinal priest (1977‍–‍1993)

Cardinal bishop (1993‍–‍2005)

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