Pope Benedict XVI Type of Ministry: Pope Benedict XVI was born with the name Joseph Alois Ratzinger. He was born on the 16th of April 1927 and is the current head of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the 265th pope. He became pope after the death of John Paul II‚ and was elected on April 19‚ 2005. He was born into a religious family‚ he was baptised on the day of his birth‚ and his brother‚ Georg Ratzinger is a priest. According to relatives‚ he had wanted to become
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The influence of Pope John XXIII on the Christian tradition has allowed for him as one of many “men” to “reform and revitalise the Christian tradition” to serve God. Pope John XXIII‚ born as Angelo Roncalli was ordained a priest in the diocese of Bergamo in 1905. Roncalli then in 1925 became the Apostolic Delegate of Bulgaria in 1925-35 before becoming Apostolic Delegate to Turkey and Greece in 1935-44. Roncalli’s actions of saving Jewish Children from the Nazi forces in Turkey would influence his
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The 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II to Nicaragua The 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II to Nicaragua The reformed-minded Catholics in Nicaragua hoped that the Pope was going to say some words of consolation to the families which daily lose loved ones to the counterrevolution‚ especially since just days before 17 outstanding members of the Sandinista Youth Organization‚ killed in an ambush‚ and had been buried after a memorial
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the papal name Francis‚ after St. Francis of Assisi‚ and was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church. It was on March 13‚ 2013 that white smoke rose from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican and Pope Francis was elected the two hundred and sixty-sixth pope. He is a pope of many firsts. The first Jesuit pope‚ first pope from the Americas‚ and first non- European pope in more than a millennium. He is known for being humble‚ willing to help the poor
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Many people were struggling to survive and the dynamics of public interactions and relations were disjointed—no one was in unison. The Church recognized this problem of disunion not just within secular society‚ but also within the Christian faiths. Pope John XXIII sought out to mend these conflicts both in Christianity and in society. Thus‚ he convoked a new council that he would later name‚ the Second Vatican Council. Gaudium et spes was issued at the closing of the council and addressed the problems
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Nine Days that Changed the World 5) When asked if I think that Pope John Paul II is worthy to become a saint‚ I immediately looked up the definition of a saint‚ and to find what it takes to be canonized as a saint. A person who after death is formally recognized by a Christian Church‚ especially the Roman Catholic Church‚ as having attained‚ through holy deeds or behaviour‚ a specially exalted place in heaven and the right to veneration. From this definition‚ it says you need to be recognized
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Pope John Paul II at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Pope John Paul II‚ a vocal advocate for human rights‚ in his speech given in front of Israel’s Holocaust memorial‚ Yad Vashem; implies that both people of Jewish and Christian belief should actively strive towards a better relationship between the two religious groups. He begins to develop this implication by stating that the Christian people shall never dare to forget the tragic horrors that the Jewish people endured. The Pope then claims that
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seen that after a long historical process the Popes’ sole rule of the Catholic Church‚ rigidly centralized‚ bureaucratized and clericalized‚ was finally established‚ and continued to exist until the middle of the 20th century. Then something unexpected happened. Pope John XXIII (1958-63)‚ the son of an Italian peasant farmer‚ called the Second Vatican Council in 1959 with a view to pastoral renewal and the promotion of Christian unity. The pope attributed the calling of the historic council
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1. The Suffering and the Mystery of Evil “Man suffers whenever he experiences any kind of evil.” The concept of suffering and evil are closely connected. Pope John Paul II addresses this relationship between suffering and evil in his apostolic letter as follows: Man suffers on account of evil‚ which is certain lack‚ limitation or distortion of good. We could say that man suffers because of a good in which he does not share‚ from which in a certain sense he is cut off‚ or of which he has deprived
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19 March 2013 Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and Election of Pope Francis The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis are getting to be a pretty big deal around the world. Pope Benedict XVI was born under the name Joseph Ratzinger on April 16‚ 1927 in Marktl am Inn‚ Bavaria Germany. He grew up under war and reparation from World War I. He was briefly a member of the Hitler Youth in his early teenage years. He turned to theology studies after the war. His father was
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