Pope Benedict XVI

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Pope Benedict XVI
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His Early Years

• Pope Benedict the 16th was born and baptized on
  April 16, 1927.
• His given name was Joseph Ratzinger.
• Marktl am Inn, Germany was the place where he was
  born.
• His parents were strong, devote Catholics.
• Mr. Ratzinger was a policeman and was from a
  family of farmers.

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Pope Benedicts Education

• Joseph went to the Higher School of Philosophy
  and Theology of Freising and at the University of
  Munich.
• In 1953 he received his doctorate in theology.

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Ordination

• He received his priestly ordination on June 29,
  1951.
• On March 25, 1977 he was named Archbishop of
  Munich and Freising.
• Later that year he was named Cardinal.

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His Work

• Ratzinger contributed to Vatican II as an expert
  theologian.
• He has published many pieces of literature
  dealing with theology.
• His most notable work was published in 1985
  called The Ratzinger Report.

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Joseph Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI

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World Day of Peace Message

• The very name Benedict, which I chose on the day
  of my election to the Chair of Peter, is a sign
  of my personal commitment to peace. In taking
  this name, I wanted to evoke both the Patron
  Saint of Europe, who inspired a civilization of
  peace on the whole continent, and Pope Benedict
  XV, who condemned the First World War as a
  ''useless slaughter''(1) and worked for a
  universal acknowledgment of the lofty demands of
  peace.

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Pope Benedicts Message

• His goal is hope for a more serene world, a
  world in which more and more individuals and
  communities are committed to the paths of justice
  and peace.