Benedict XVI

British

noun

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

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Pope Leo -- the fifth pontiff to visit Turkey after Paul VI in 1967, John Paul II in 1979, Benedict XVI in 2006 and Francis in 2014 -- began his trip by holding talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Pope Francis prayed there in 2014, and Pope Benedict XVI did so in 2006.

From BBC

In Turkey the Pope will also visit the Blue Mosque, as both his immediate predecessors Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI had done.

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An essential biography, “The Woman of Her Age” by Fiona Maddocks, followed Hildegard’s canonization by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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