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Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Following his resignation, he chose to be known as "pope emeritus", a title he held until his death on 31 December 2022. In addition to this, he was an important philosopher and theologian of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
culture · Head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 · Latin Catholic priest · religious writer · university teacher · philosopher · transitional deacon · Latin Catholic bishop · Catholic theologian · archbishop · theologian · also Benedict XVI, Pope Benedict XVI, Benedetto XVI, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Pope Benedictus XVI, XVI
Born 16 April 1927 · Died 31 December 2022 · Q2494
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National Catholic Register: Cardinal Koch Remembers Benedict XVI and His Legacy on Second Anniversary of Death
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger in Germany in 1927, was a member of the Hitler Youth.” True.
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USA Today rated the claim “President Biden was banned from Pope Benedict XVI’s funeral” False.
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The Atlantic: Pope Benedict XVI and the Church After the Fall
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Crux: As Benedict XVI was laid to rest, ecumenical tributes flowed in
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Snopes rated the claim “Pope Benedict XVI requested that U.S. President Joe Biden not be invited to his funeral.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican requested that President Biden not attend Benedict’s funeral."” False.
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National Catholic Register: Benedict XVI’s Theology Summed Up by His Last Words, Says Theologian
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The Denver Post: Pope Benedict XVI: A man at odds with the modern world who leaves a legacy of intellectual brilliance and controversy
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Photo Shows Pope Benedict XVI Doing The Nazi Salute” Cropped Photo.
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That Benedict had been suffering from persistent insomnia since the 2005 World Youth Day in Cologne
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Chicago Tribune: Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95
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New York Daily News: Life and career of Pope Benedict XVI
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Yahoo: Benedict XVI, first pope to retire in 600 years, dies at 95
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Crux: Death of Benedict XVI marks passing of a ‘Pope of Ironies’
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Deadline.com: Former Pope Benedict XVI Dies: First Pontiff In Nearly 600 Years To Resign Was 95
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Died 2022-12-31.
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“Opis: o Antonim Padewskim.”
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“Bez Boga człowiek nie wie, dokąd zmierza, i nie potrafi nawet zrozumieć tego, kim jest.”
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“Chrześcijaństwo od samego początku chciało przemawiać głosem rozumu i – by tak rzec – zmuszać rozum do pracy, przywrócić go jemu samemu, obdarzając słaby rozum wewnętrzną siłą.”
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“Bez prawdy miłość staje się sentymentalizmem. Miłość staje się pustym słowem, które można dowolnie pojmować. Na tym polega nieuchronne ryzyko, na jakie wystawiona jest miłość w kulturze bez prawdy. Pada ona łupem emocji oraz przejściowych opinii jednostek, staje się słowem nadużywanym i wypaczonym i nabiera przeciwstawnego znaczenia.”
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“Gdyby przezwyciężenie subiektywizmu nie było możliwe, w jaki sposób mielibyśmy budować wspólne życie?”
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“Drodzy bracia kapłani, nie obawiajcie się poświęcać wiele czasu na lekturę Pisma, na medytację i modlitwę brewiarzową! Niemal niepostrzeżenie Słowo czytane i rozważane w Kościele oddziałuje na was i was przemienia. Jeżeli stanie się ono „towarzyszem” waszego życia, jako objawienie Bożej Mądrości będzie waszym „doradcą w dobrem”, waszą „pociechą w troskach i w smutku.”
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“Bez perspektywy życia wiecznego postęp ludzki na tym świecie pozbawiony jest oddechu. Zamknięty w ramach historii, wystawiony jest na ryzyko, że będzie sprowadzony jedynie do tego, by coraz więcej mieć.”
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“Opis: o pogrzebie Jana Pawła I.”
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“Godzina wesela Boga z Jego ludem zaczęła się już w przyjściu Jezusa. Obietnica dotycząca czasów ostatecznych wkracza w teraźniejszość.”
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“Być może musimy się rozstać z ideą Kościoła skupiającego całe narody. Możliwe, że stoimy na progu nowej, zmieniającej wszystko epoki w dziejach Kościoła, w której chrześcijaństwo znów będzie jak ziarnko gorczycy, a jego wyznawcy skupiać się będą w niewielkich grupach, pozornie nie mających większego znaczenia, które jednak z całą mocą będą występować przeciw złu i wniosą dobro w świat (…).”
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“Gdzie nie widzi się Boga, tam ginie człowiek i ginie świat.”
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“Błogosławieni i święci byli osobami, które nie szukały z uporem własnego szczęścia, ale całkiem po prostu chciały uczynić dar z siebie, ponieważ dotarło do nich światło Chrystusa.”
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“Bóg skrywa się w tajemnicy: usiłowanie zrozumienia Go oznaczałoby próbę zamknięcia Go w naszych pojęciach i w naszej wiedzy, a to ostatecznie prowadziłoby do utracenia Go.”
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“Być kochanym i oddawać innym miłość uznawałem zawsze za podstawowe dla życia.”
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Benedict released a 6,000-word letter that attributed the Church's sexual abuse crisis to an erosion of morality driven by secularization and the sexual revolution of the 1960s
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Former Catholic Pope Benedict XVI performing Hajj in Mecca” FALSE.
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Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Surberg (2018).
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Pope Benedict XVI is dead” False.
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At a special audience, honouring the 65th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Pontifical University of John Paul II (2015).
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It was reported that Benedict was "praying for migrants and refugees" from Syria
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It was reported that Benedict had multiple health problems including high blood pressure and had fallen out of bed more than once, but the Holy See denied any specific illnesses
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Career landmark: Pope emeritus (2013–2023).
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Shortly before the resignation had been effective
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Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Natz-Schabs (2011).
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“Opis: homilia w czasie pasterki, 24 grudnia 2011.”
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Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Freising (2010).
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Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Introd (2009).
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Each council received its own president once again
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Visited Africa (Cameroon and Angola) for the first time as pope
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Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Brixen (2008).
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The media reported that festival organizers lent the Pope a grey cat called Bella to keep him company during his stay
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“Opis: Światowy Dzień Młodzieży, lipiec 2008.”
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The People's Republic of China was accused of using its political influence to stop a meeting between the Pope and the Dalai Lama
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Benedict visited Brazil to address the Bishops' Conference there and canonize Friar Antônio Galvão, an 18th-century Franciscan
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Benedict sent a letter at Easter to Catholics in China that could have wide-ranging implications for the Church's relationship with China's leadership
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Which told the story of the Pope's life from the feline Chico's perspective
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Benedict presided over the canonization of Frei Galvão on 11 May, while George Preca, founder of the Malta-based MUSEUM, Szymon of Lipnica, Charles of Mount Argus, and Marie-Eugénie de Jésus were canonized in a ceremony
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Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Altötting (2006).
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Benedict met the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams
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McCarrick remained very active in ministry throughout Benedict's papacy and even made a very public appearance when he presided over US senator Ted Kennedy's burial service at Arlington National Cemetery in 2009
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Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Traunstein (2005).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University (2005).
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The Pope listed several ways to combat the spread of HIV, including chastity, fidelity in marriage, and anti-poverty efforts; he also rejected the use of condoms
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Web Archive from the US Library of Congress
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Career landmark: Pope (2005–2013).
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Published three years later by Ignatius Press
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New accusers came forward and Cardinal Ratzinger "took it on himself to authorize an investigation of Maciel"
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Career landmark: Dean of the College of Cardinals (2002–2005).
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Also became Dean of the College of Cardinals
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Career landmark: cardinal-bishop of Ostia (2002–2005).
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Ratzinger convinced John Paul II to put the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in charge of all sexual abuse investigations
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław (2000).
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Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1998).
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To researchers investigating judicial errors against Galileo and other scientists
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When he turned 70, Ratzinger asked Pope John Paul II for permission to leave the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith and to become instead the head of the Vatican Secret Archives and of the Vatican Library, but John Pa
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And later in 2002 Ratzinger declared the introduction of a new dogma declaring the Virgin Mary as "Co-Redemptrix" or "Mediatrix of all graces" as unacceptable
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Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1995).
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Awarded Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1994).
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And was made the college's vice-dean in 1998 and dean in 2002
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Career landmark: Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni (1993–2005).
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Ratzinger again approved CDF documents declaring that homosexual "inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder" and extended this principle to civil law
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Ratzinger joined the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg
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Awarded Order of Karl Valentin (1989).
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Awarded Order of Minerva (1988).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin (1988).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (1987).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (1986).
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The CDF sent a letter to all bishops entitled: On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons
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Awarded Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1985).
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“Opis: po zamachu na Jana Pawła II, 13 maja 1981.”
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Was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, one of the most important dicasteries of the Roman Curia
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Career landmark: prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1981–2005).
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“Opis: wypowiedź z międzynarodowej konferencji „Chrześcijanie wobec Europy”, 28–29 kwietnia 1979.”
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To the Underground church to appoint bishops without Vatican approval
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Awarded Bavarian Order of Merit (1977).
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Career landmark: cardinalate creation.
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Career landmark: cardinal priest (1977–1993).
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Career landmark: episcopal consecration in the Roman rite.
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Career landmark: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977–1982).
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Career landmark: cardinal (1977).
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An unusual promotion for someone who had only been ordained to the episcopate less than a month prior and not having much pastoral experience
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Suggested that the Augsburg Confession might be recognised as a Catholic statement of faith
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Ratzinger returned to Bavaria, to the University of Regensburg and co-founded the theological journal Communio, with Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac, Walter Kasper, and others, in 1972
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Ratzinger was appointed to a chair in dogmatic theology at the University of Tübingen, where he was a colleague of Hans Küng
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With his inaugural lecture on "The God of Faith and the God of Philosophy"
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And he became a professor at Freising College in 1958
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Career landmark: priestly ordination in the Roman rite.
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In Bavaria, Ratzinger embarked on an academic career and established himself as a highly regarded theologian by the late 1950s
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Studied at Ducal Georgianum (1949–1951).
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Career landmark: diaconal ordination.
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Deserted back to his family's home in Traunstein after his unit had ceased to exist, just as American troops established a headquarters in the Ratzinger household
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While still in seminary, he was drafted into the German anti-aircraft corps as Luftwaffenhelfer
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One of Ratzinger's cousins, a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome, was taken away by the Nazi regime and murdered during the Aktion T4 campaign of Nazi eugenics
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Ratzinger was conscripted into the Hitler Youth—as membership was required by law for all 14-year-old German boys after March 1939—but was an unenthusiastic member who refused to attend meetings, according to his brother
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Aged 12, he enrolled in a minor seminary in Traunstein
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While Ratzinger penned Introduction to Christianity, three decades later in 1968
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Born 1927-04-16.
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Awarded Order of the Southern Cross.
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Awarded Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Navarre.
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Awarded Stephanus Award.
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Awarded Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold.
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Awarded National Order of Merit.
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Awarded Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.
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Awarded honorary citizenship presented by Marktl.
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Awarded honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University.
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Awarded Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Career landmark: death and funeral of Benedict XVI.
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Career landmark: resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
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Career landmark: Participated in Second Vatican Council (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in 2005 conclave (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in Consistory - 1977 (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in October 1978 conclave (tournament / event).
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Studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
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Career landmark: Participated in August 1978 conclave (tournament / event).
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