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265th Pope of the Catholic Church
Beginning Pontificate
19,24.IV.2005
End Pontificate
28.II.2013
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Joseph Ratzinger
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Marktl am Inn (Bavaria)
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Homilies 2012
31 December 2012: Vespers and Te Deum
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24 December 2012: Midnight Mass
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16 December 2012: Pastoral Visit to the Roman Parish of "San Patrizio al Colle Prenestino"
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1st December 2012: Vespers with the University students of Rome
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25 November 2012: Holy Mass with new Cardinals
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24 November 2012: Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals
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3 November 2012: Mass for Cardinals and Bishops who died over the course of the year
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28 October 2012: Holy Mass for the closing of the Synod of Bishops
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21 October 2012: Holy Mass and Canonization of the Blesseds James Berthieu, Pedro Calungsod, John Baptist Piamarta, Carmen Sallés y Barangueras, Marianne Cope, Kateri Tekakwitha, Anna Schäffer
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11 October 2012: Holy Mass for the opening of the Year of Faith
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7 October 2012: Holy Mass for the opening of the Synod of Bishops and proclamation of St John of Avila and St Hildegard of Bingen as "Doctors of the Church"
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4 October 2012, Celebration of the Mass in Our Lady of Loreto Square
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16 September 2012: Holy Mass and the presentation of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation for the Middle East at the Beirut City Center Waterfront
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2 September 2012: Holy Mass concluding the meeting with the "Ratzinger Schülerkreis" at Castel Gandolfo
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15 August 2012: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Mass at the Parish of Saint Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo
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15 July 2012, Pastoral Visit to Frascati
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29 June 2012: Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul - Holy Mass and imposition of the Pallium on Metropolitan Archbishops
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7 June 2012: Solemnity of the Sacred Body and Blood of Christ
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3 June 2012: Eucharistic Celebration in Bresso Park
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27 May 2012: Eucharistic Celebration on the Solemnity of Pentecost
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13 May 2012: Holy Mass in "Il Prato" Park, Arezzo
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29 April 2012: Holy Mass on the occasion of Priestly Ordinations
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16 April 2012: Holy Mass on the occasion of the 85th birthday of the Holy Father
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7 April 2012: Easter Vigil
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5 April 2012: Mass of the Lord's Supper
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5 April 2012: Chrism Mass
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1st April 2012: Palm Sunday - 27th World Youth Day
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28 March 2012: Holy Mass at "Plaza de la Revolución", La Habana
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26 March 2012: Holy Mass for the 400th anniversary of the the discovery of the image of the "Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre" at Antonio Maceo Square, Santiago de Cuba
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25 March 2012: Celebration of Vespers with the Bishops of Mexico and of Latin America in the Cathedral of Our Most Holy Mother of Light, León
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25 March 2012: Holy Mass celebrated at the "Parque del Bicentenario" of León- Mexico
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10 March 2012: Vespers on the occasion of the visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury
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4 March 2012: Holy Mass at the Roman Parish of St John Baptist de La Salle at Torrino
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22 February 2012: "Statio" and Penitential Procession - Holy Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes
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19 February 2012: Holy Mass with new Cardinals
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Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of 22 new Cardinals, Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI, 18 February 2012
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2 February 2012: Celebration of Vespers on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the 16th Day of Consecrated Life
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25 January 2012: Feast of the Conversion of St Paul the Apostle - Celebration of Vespers
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8 January 2012: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
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6 January 2012: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
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1st January 2012: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
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