Benedict XVI

noun

1. original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger . born 1927 in Germany, pope (2005–2013): the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415: on retirement he was accorded the title pope emeritus

Example Sentences

In a documentary, she later claimed that fans had included Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Pope Benedict XVI.

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If the trip goes ahead, it would follow visits by John Paul II and Benedict XVI, both remembered for messages of peace and religious co-existence.

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Its faithful have a keen interest in knowing what kind of man will be leading the Church until he dies or resigns, as Pope Benedict XVI did in 2013.

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Cardinal O'Brien, who at the time was the Catholic Church's most senior cleric in Britain, had been due to meet his peers to decide who was to replace Pope Benedict XVI - but he never made it on the plane to Rome.

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Cardinal O'Brien took part in the 2005 conclave which elected Pope Benedict XVI and then five years later welcomed the German-born pontiff to an open-air Mass, again at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow.

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