The Pope has doctorate degrees in divinity and theology and he was a university professor.
Pope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Alois Ratzinger in 1927 and recently turned 81.
Pope Benedict XVI was elected pope at the age of 78. He is the oldest person to have been elected pope since Clement XII in 1730.
Along with his native German, Benedict speaks fluent Italian, French, English, Spanish and Latin. He can read ancient Greek and biblical Hebrew.
Benedict plays the piano and has a preference for Mozart and Beethoven.
Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope to own an iPod.
Here is his official Vatican biography: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedi…http://www.usccb.org/comm/popebenedictxv…
With love in Christ.
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Also do they specifically need to be roman catholic (for example, can they be Maronite Catholic?)
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Doctor Lina Pavonelli wrote in her book that the Pope John Paul II died by Euthanasia according to the Catholic Church. And that the Pope refused the treatment because he considered it disproporcionated.
Let’s read the Cathechism of the Catholic Church:
2278 Discontinuing medical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary, or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be legitimate; it is the refusal of “over-zealous” treatment.
Here one does not will to cause death; one’s inability to impede it is merely accepted.
2279 …The use of painkillers to alleviate the sufferings of the dying, even at the risk of shortening their days, can be morally in conformity with human dignity if death is not willed as either an end or a means, but only foreseen and tolerated as inevitable. Palliative care is a special form of disinterested charity. As such it should be encouraged.
What do you think about this?
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“Vicar” means substitute.
Jesus Christ has no substitute.
“On this rock” is Jesus Christ speaking of Himself NOT of Peter. It is the proclamation of Jesus Christ as God the Son, both Saviour and Lord upon which the church is built.
Jesus Christ is the Chief Cornerstone.
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See this article: Popemobile shipped to U.S. http://newshub.cnslis.com/2008/03/27/pop…
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Why does Pope Benedict XVI state that Jews no longer have to convert to be saved? He states that the covanent with the Jews is still valid, that they don’t have to acknowledge Jesus Christ as the promised messiah, that the Jews don’t need Christ for salvation, and are not excluded from salvation. Isn’t this heresy?
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“Mary is queen not only because she is Mother of God, but also because, associated as the New Eve with the New Adam, she cooperated in the work of the redemption of the human race”
“Just as Eve caused death, so Mary, with her “yes,” became “a cause of salvation” for herself and for all mankind”
“She knows everything that happens in our life and supports us with maternal love in life’s trials”
I don’t want to offend anyone. I just want to know how it makes you feel.
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“Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted.”
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I can’t find where the word “pope” comes from. My teacher gives me “History research” for homework, and I have to type a one page answer. It’d be great if you’d help. <3
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The pope spoke out in defense of religious freedom, which he said includes the right to choose one’s faith.
“The exercise of this freedom also includes the right to change religion, which should be guaranteed not only legally, but also in daily practice,” he said. “All authentically religious traditions must be allowed to manifest their own identity publicly, free from any pressure to hide or disguise it.”
So if I am a Forgive Affirmed Spirit and I question the authority of all other religious organizations over my religion and the infallibility of Jesus Christ as he existed 2000 years ago in a human form, Am I ok with Pope Benedict, or am I to continue to be squashed like a bug?
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Today’s news
Nun, 79, declines to fight case
November 12, 2007 A nun who taught in Chicago-area Roman Catholic schools for more than three …
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Why does the pope sympathize with Richard Williamson?
Watch this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C9BuXe2…
Why does the Catholic Church sympathize with Opus Dei, which was close to the fascist Franco regime?
Why do especially young Catholics behave like the Pope was a rock star?
Has somebody left the Catholic Church because of one of these incidents?
Thank you.
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It seems like Benedict (Ratzinger) wants to overturn Vatican II and return to the latin mass and ditch all the other reforms. What’s up with letting those crazies back into the church and canonizing Pius 12, who totally abandoned the jews back in WWII?
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I know, it sounds unrealistic, but does he at least have symbolic authority to declare one?
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I need a few reasons why the Catholic originally got a pope
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Just a picture put in front of people all over the world, all ages all races all backgrounds?
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