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

Speeches 2008 October

To participants in the 13th International Conference of the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowship (October 31, 2008)

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To participants in the Plenary of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (October 31, 2008)

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To students of the Pontifical Universities of Rome at the beginning of the Academic Year 2008/2009 (October 30, 2008)

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To a delegation of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations (October 30, 2008)

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To the Ambassador of Canada to the Holy See (October 30, 2008)

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At the conclusion of Holy Mass on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the election to the Pontificate of Blessed John XXIII (October 28, 2008)

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To the Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the Holy See (October 27, 2008)

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To participants in the 110th National Congress of the Italian Surgery Society (October 20, 2008)

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Pastoral Visit to the Pontifical Shrine of Pompeii: Recitation of the Holy Rosary and Meditation of the Holy Father (October 19, 2008)

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To His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch, on the occasion of the celebration of First Vespers of the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Sistine Chapel (October 18, 2008)

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Screening of the movie: "Testimony" on John Paul II (October 16, 2008)

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To participants in the International Congress promoted by the Pontifical Lateran University on the 10th anniversary of the Encyclical Fides et Ratio (October 16, 2008)

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To Bishops of Ecuador on their ad Limina visit (October 16, 2008)

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Address of the Holy Father during the 14th General Congregation of the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 14, 2008)

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Concert offered by the Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra to the the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls (October 13, 2008)

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Concert offered by the Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra to the the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls (October 13, 2008)

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Official Visit to H.E. Mr Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy

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To the Board of Directors of the Knights of Columbus (October 3, 2008)

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To Bishops of Central Asia on their ad Limina visit (October 2, 2008)

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The Holy See

Speeches 2008 October