POPE BENEDICT XVI

Joseph Alois Ratzinger,was born on the 16th of april 1925(holy saturday),at schulstrabe Marktl inn,Baveria Germany and was baptised the same day.The name of his father is Joseph Ratzinger,a police officer and his mother Maria(nee peintner).He is the youngest in the family of 3 and his elder brother George is also a priest and still alive and his only sister though late but she remained unmarried and worked under cardinal Joseph household till her death.

He became Pope John Paul II successor on the 18th of april 2005,after 2 days of papal conclave,at the age of 78 thereby making him the oldest to be elected Pope since Pope clement XII and he chossed to be addressed as POPE BENEDICT XVI.He is the ninth German pope and the 1st German pope in 1000yrs.He is the 265th pope in the roman catholic church.Before his appointment as a Pope he was the dean of college of cardinals.He began the beatification process of his

predecessor Pope John Paul II,on the 9th of may 2005.He also preaches about peace and oneness among the whole nations.


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The official title of the Pope is His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI; in Latin, Benedictus XVI, Episcopus Romae. However, his rarely-used full title is "His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman province, Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God."