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 May

Celebration at the end of the Marian month of May (May 31, 2008)

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To members of the Centesimus Annus - Pro Pontifice Foundation (May 31, 2008)

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To His Excellency Mr Acisclo Valladares Molina, Ambassador of Guatemala to the Holy See (May 31, 2008)

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To Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Myanmar on their ad Limina visit (May 30, 2008)

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To the General Assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference (May 29, 2008)

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To new Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To His Excellency Mr Obed Wadzani, Ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To His Excellency Mr Alexandre Cécé Loua, Ambassador of Guinea to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To His Excellency Mr Tikiri Bandara Maduwegedera, Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To His Excellency Mr Sergei F. Aleinik, Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To His Excellency Mr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To His Excellency Mr Hissein Brahim Taha, Ambassador of Chad to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To His Excellency Mr Wesley Momo Johnson, Ambassador of Liberia to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To His Excellency Nyine S. Bitahwa, Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To His Excellency Mr Ahmada Rweyemamu Ngemera, Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania to the Holy See (May 29, 2008)

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To Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Hungary on their ad Limina visit (May 10, 2008)

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To a delegation from Bulgaria on the occasion of the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius (May 24, 2008)

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To a delegation from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the occasion of the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius (May 24, 2008)

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To participants in the meeting organized by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (May 23, 2008)

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To Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Albania on their ad Limina visit (May 23, 2008)

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Pastoral Visit to Savona and Genoa: Meeting with the members of the Cathedral Chapter and Consecrated Religious during the visit to the Cathedral of St. Lawrence in Genoa (May 18, 2008)

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Pastoral Visit to Savona and Genoa: Meeting with young people in Piazza Matteotti, Genoa (May 18, 2008)

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Pastoral Visit to Savona and Genoa: Visit to Giannina Gaslini Paediatric Hospital of Genoa (May 18, 2008)

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To participants in the meeting of the Superior Council of the Pontifical Mission Societies (May 17, 2008)

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To participants in a Study Seminar convoked by the Pontifical Council for the Laity to reflect on the pastoral care of the Ecclesial Movements and New Communities (May 17, 2008)

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To participants in the Forum of Family Associations (May 16, 2008)

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To Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Thailand on their ad Limina visit (May 16, 2008)

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To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (May 15, 2008)

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To participants in the International Congress of the Ordo Virginum (May 15, 2008)

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To members of the Italian Pro-Life Movement (May 12, 2008)

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To the Ambassador of Israel to the Holy See (May 12, 2008)

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To participants in the International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Lateran University on the 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae (May 10, 2008)

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Ecumenical Celebration presided over by the Holy Father on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians (May 9, 2008)

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To His Beatitude Gregory III Laham and to the Bishops of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (May 8, 2008)

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Address at the conclusion of the concert performed by the China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Opera House Chorus (May 7, 2008)

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To members of the Pontifical Swiss Guards (May 5, 2008)

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To members of Italian Catholic Action on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of its foundation (May 4, 2008)

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Address at the conclusion of the recitation of the Holy Rosary at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (May 3, 2008)

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To participants in the fourteenth Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (May 3, 2008)

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To Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Cuba on their ad Limina visit (May 2, 2008)

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The Holy See

Speeches 2008 May