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Interesting facts about pope benedict xvi?
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Pope Benedict XVI is the oldest person to have been elected pope since Clement XII in 1730. Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope to own an iPod. Pope Benedict XVI loves cats and has two of his own of which one was a stray which he found in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI was the youngest of three children whose father, Joseph Sr., was a police officer and his brother, Monsignor Georg Rat zinger, is a retired priest.
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Joseph Ratzinger
Born:
April 16, 1927
Birthplace:
Marktl Am Inn, Bavaria, Germany
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI served as the 265th and Catholic Pope, from 2005 until February 2013.
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Pope Benedict xvi was born on April 16, 1927, in Germany and ordained priest on June 29, 1951. He was consecrated Archbishop of Munich and Freising on March 25, 1977 and had his Episcopal Ordination on May 28, 1977. On June 27, 1977 he was created Cardinal and was elected Pope on April 19, 2005.
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He eats sausages once every week. He is the 265th Pope. The 16th Pope that was named Benedict. Was elected to be Pope at the age of 78.
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Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on 16 April 1927) is the 265th and reigning Pope, by virtue
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It isn't a fact. Benedict is, and always has been, a Catholic.
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A new Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the 266th Pontiff at 18:07hrs on the 13th March, 2013 (local time) and this was announced to the world by plumes of white smoke
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