Pope Stresses a Need for Fundamental ValuesPope Benedict XVI, Joseph Alois Ratzinger, was named the 265th reigning pope and head of the Roman Catholic Church on April 19, 2005 at the age of 78. Ratzinger is the oldest pope since Clement XII in 1730.
RAtzinger was born on Holy Saturday at his parents home. That same evening, as soon as his mother recovered from giving birth, she rushed him to the Easter Vigil Mass to be baptized. His father served in the Bavarian State Police and was described by the Sunday Times of London as "an anti-Nazi whose attempts to rein in Hitler's Sturmabteilung forced the family to move several times. The pope's brother George said: "Our father was a bitter enemy of Nazism because he believed it was in conflict with our faith."
The pope is a close ally of his predecessor, maintaining traditional catholic views on birth control, abortion, and homosexuality. He is known as a conservative with a strong theology background and Catholic social teaching. Before his appointment he served as the Archbishop of Munich and the Dean of the College of Cardinals. His main concern is to bring back the Christian faith by stressing the need for the world, especially Europe, to resort back to "their fundamental values."
Pope Benedict speaks German, Italian, French, English, Spanish, and Latin. He also reads Old Greek and Hebrew. He enjoys Mozart and Beethoven and avidly plays piano. | |
Your Comments About Pope Benedict XVI | Comments to date: 9. The most recent comments are below.
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tri Saigon, Viet Nam | Posted at 8:44am on Monday, July 6th, 2009 | Pope Benedict XVI is a trusworthy one, a true messenger of God, a good disciple of Christ. We try to flow his steps to love God and to serve the world.
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Joseph Publius St. Julian's | Posted at 5:14am on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 | He is an experienced eclessiastic and the Cardinals who voted him Pope showed the world that there is no barrier to leadership in the Church for one who is 78 years old!
It is a pity that so many have false impressions, based on biased newspaper and sensational reporting by the media on the Catholic Church and only see what sinners do and not what the multitudes of ordinary Catholics do selflessly for those in need in the West as well as in the South, East and North! Given the reach of the internet why not look up the Vatican's own website to get a factual picture?
As regards the latest tiff about the holocaust - the Pope was clever enough to first get the erring Bishop back in the fold than as his superior request him to recant! One can only order one's underlings. However twopenny politicians feel that their national ego needs to be served by jumping on the bandwagon - a mere call.
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Ned Bonn, Deutschland | Posted at 10:11am on Friday, November 14th, 2008 | He is fastest pope.
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Michael Sydney Australia | Posted at 8:07am on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 | P.S. did it arouse your curiosity if this is a false or true message? The true Catholic church was not really RCC, but there is a the first original one (after the Jews did not accept the covenant) and that was in (MESOPOTAMIA) ASSYRIA. The HOLY APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF THE EAST, nowadays known as The Assyrian Church of the East, and The Ancient Church of the East, IS THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IN CHRISTIANITY THAT YOU PEOPLE READ AND YOUR LAWS ARE BASE ON.
The Catholicism OF THE ASSYRIAN PEOPLE, really happened only 34 years after Christ, and not over 300 years by the kingdom sword of the Constantine the great.
THE TRUE CHURCH'S MISSIONARY WAS THROUGH LOVE AND SHEDDING THEIR BLOOD FOR CHRIST, BUT THE WEST'S CHRISTIANITY WAS BY THE SWORD FOR THE SUPREMACY, AND NOW, IN THE NAME OF THE PEACE.
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Michael Sydney Australia | Posted at 2:55am on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 | Papal seat, is the Anti-Christ's seat.
I am a through and through Catholic, and not a protestant or any other denomination.
Why I say that, because this seat is the seat of Child and Nuns molestation, bloodshed, historical forgery, world domination, Hypocrisy, wealth, power and politics.
Chist was the opposite.
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