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 December

Christmas greetings to the members of the Roman Curia and Prelature (December 22, 2008)

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To Professors and students of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology (December 20, 2008)

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To a delegation of boys and girls of the Italian Children's Catholic Action (A.C.R.) (December 20, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of Seychelles to the Holy See (December 19, 2008)

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To personnel of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See (December 19, 2008)

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To managers and employees of the Vatican Television Center with their family members (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of the Republic of the Fiji Islands to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the first Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of Tunisia to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of Belize to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of the Republic of Madagascar to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of the Republic of Iceland to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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To the new Ambassador of the Republic of Malawi to the Holy See (December 18, 2008)

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Visit to the Embassy of Italy to the Holy See - Meeting with the Diplomatic Corps (December 13, 2008)

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Visit to the Embassy of Italy to the Holy See - Meeting with personnel and family members (December 13, 2008)

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To pilgrims from Lower Austria, who donated the Christmas tree for St Peter's Square (December 12, 2008)

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To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (December 12, 2008)

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To Bishops of Taiwan on their ad Limina visit (December 12, 2008)

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Meeting with the Rome's university students (December 11, 2008)

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Concert sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 2008)

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To the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (December 5, 2008)

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To the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (December 5, 2008)

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To the members of the International Theological Commission (December 5, 2008)

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To the Ambassador of Argentina to the Holy See (December 5, 2008)

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To Bishops of Chile on their ad Limina visit (December 4, 2008)

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To lecturers and students from the Italian University of Parma (December 1st, 2008)

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The Holy See

Speeches 2008 December