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 2009 October

To the Ambassador of Bulgaria to the Holy See (October 31, 2009)

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To participants in the Colloquium sponsored by the Vatican Observatory on the occasion of the International Year of Astronomy (October 30, 2009)

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To the Ambassador of Panama to the Holy See (October 30, 2009)

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To the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Holy See (October 29, 2009)

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To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (October 29, 2009)

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To Professors, Students and Personnel of the Pontifical Biblical Institute (October 26, 2009)

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Address at the conclusion of the luncheon with the Synodal Fathers (October 24, 2009)

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To the Head of the Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities to the Holy See (October 19, 2009)

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Address at the end of a concert offered in his honour by the International Piano Academy of Imola (October 17, 2009)

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Prayer of the Rosary "with Africa and for Africa" led by the Pope together with the university students of Rome (October 10, 2009)

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Address at the conclusion of the Concert entitled "Youth Against War", on the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War (October 8, 2009)

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Answer to the statement released by the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia during the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops (October 6, 2009)

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Reflection during the First General Congregation of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops (October 5, 2009)

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To the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See (October 2, 2009)

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To the Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the Holy See (October 2, 2009)

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To the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Holy See (October 2, 2009)

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Greeting to the personnel of the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo (October 1, 2009)

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Meeting with the municipal and military authorities, religious communities and staff in charged of the various services during the summer season (October 1, 2009)

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The Holy See

Speeches 2009 October