Benedict XVI

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265th Pope of the Catholic Church

Beginning Pontificate	19,24.IV.2005
End Pontificate	28.II.2013
Secular Name	Joseph Ratzinger
Birth	Marktl am Inn (Bavaria)
Website	http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/index.htm

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BENEDICT XVI

Pontifical Messages 2012

Message to His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch, for the Feast of Saint Andrew (23 November 2012)

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Message on the occasion of the Seventeenth Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (21 November 2012)

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Message to participants in "Court of the Gentiles" Meeting in Portugal [Guimarães, 16-17 November 2012] (13 November 2012)

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Message to His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark on the occasion of his enthronement (14 November 2012)

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Message to His Holiness Anba Tawadros, Pope-elect of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (5 November 2012)

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Video message for the initiative called "Ten Squares for the Ten Commandments" (8 September 2012)

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Message read on the occasion of the funeral mass for Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini held in Milan's Cathedral (3 September 2012)

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Message to the participants in the Panafrican Congress of Catholic Laity (20 August 2012)

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Message to participants in the 6th Ordinary Assembly of the International Forum of Catholic Action [Iaşi, Romania, 22-26 August 2012] (10 August 2012)

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Message for the 33rd Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples [Rimini, 19-25 August 2012] (10 August 2012)

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Message for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Religious Summit on Mount Hieizan [Japan] (3 August 2012)

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Message to the Bishop of Ávila (Spain) on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the foundation of the Monastery of St José in Ávila and the beginning of the reform of the Order of Carmel (16 July 2012)

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Message for the closing of the Fiftieth International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin (17 June 2012)

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Message on the occasion of the meeting organized for the 100th anniversary of the encyclical Lacrimabili statu indorum [Bogotà, 18-20 September 2012] (15 June 2012)

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Message for the opening of the European Football Championship 2012 (6 June 2012)

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Message to His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East (27 May 2012)

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Message on the occasion of the Pentecost procession in Kötzting (May 24, 2012)

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Message to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Her reign (23 May 2012)

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Message for the 98^th German Katholikentag (May 14, 2012)

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Message on the occasion of the Eighteenth Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (April 27, 2012)

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Message for the VII World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Tourism [Cancún, 23-27 April 2012] (April 18, 2012)

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Message to the President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on the occasion of the annual Plenary Assembly (April 18, 2012)

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Message to the Bishop of Trier (Federal Republic of Germany) for the opening ceremonies of the pilgrimage to the "Sacred Tunic" on the 500th anniversary of its public display [Cathedral of Trier, 13 April 2012] (April 6, 2012)

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Video Message on the occasion of the national meeting of the Church of France for the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council [Lourdes, 24-25 March 2012] (March 24, 2012)

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Message for the Way of the Cross at Rome's Rebibbia District Prison (March 22, 2012)

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Message on the occasion of the Brotherhood Campaign in Brazil (February 11, 2012)

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Message to participants in the international conference "Jesus, Our Contemporary" [Rome, 9-11 February 2012] (February 9, 2012)

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Benedict XVI

Pontifical Messages 2012

Message to His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch, for the Feast of Saint Andrew (23 November 2012)

Message on the occasion of the Seventeenth Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (21 November 2012)

Message to participants in "Court of the Gentiles" Meeting in Portugal [Guimarães, 16-17 November 2012] (13 November 2012)

Message to His Holiness Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark on the occasion of his enthronement (14 November 2012)

Message to His Holiness Anba Tawadros, Pope-elect of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (5 November 2012)

Video message for the initiative called "Ten Squares for the Ten Commandments" (8 September 2012)

Message read on the occasion of the funeral mass for Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini held in Milan's Cathedral (3 September 2012)

Message to the participants in the Panafrican Congress of Catholic Laity (20 August 2012)

Message to participants in the 6th Ordinary Assembly of the International Forum of Catholic Action [Iaşi, Romania, 22-26 August 2012] (10 August 2012)

Message for the 33rd Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples [Rimini, 19-25 August 2012] (10 August 2012)

Message for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Religious Summit on Mount Hieizan [Japan] (3 August 2012)

Message to the Bishop of Ávila (Spain) on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the foundation of the Monastery of St José in Ávila and the beginning of the reform of the Order of Carmel (16 July 2012)

Message for the closing of the Fiftieth International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin (17 June 2012)

Message on the occasion of the meeting organized for the 100th anniversary of the encyclical Lacrimabili statu indorum [Bogotà, 18-20 September 2012] (15 June 2012)

Message for the opening of the European Football Championship 2012 (6 June 2012)

Message to His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East (27 May 2012)

Message on the occasion of the Pentecost procession in Kötzting (May 24, 2012)

Message to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Her reign (23 May 2012)

Message for the 98^th German Katholikentag (May 14, 2012)

Message on the occasion of the Eighteenth Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (April 27, 2012)

Message for the VII World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Tourism [Cancún, 23-27 April 2012] (April 18, 2012)

Message to the President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on the occasion of the annual Plenary Assembly (April 18, 2012)

Message to the Bishop of Trier (Federal Republic of Germany) for the opening ceremonies of the pilgrimage to the "Sacred Tunic" on the 500th anniversary of its public display [Cathedral of Trier, 13 April 2012] (April 6, 2012)

Video Message on the occasion of the national meeting of the Church of France for the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council [Lourdes, 24-25 March 2012] (March 24, 2012)

Message for the Way of the Cross at Rome's Rebibbia District Prison (March 22, 2012)

Message on the occasion of the Brotherhood Campaign in Brazil (February 11, 2012)

Message to participants in the international conference "Jesus, Our Contemporary" [Rome, 9-11 February 2012] (February 9, 2012)