Religious Leaders Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

Living place: Germany

Birthday: 16-4-1927 (97 years old)

Global rank: #12679

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Who is Religious Leaders Pope Benedict XVI?
Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, he was elected leader of the Catholic Church in 2005 and in 2013, he became the first pope to resign since 1400. Before becoming Pope, he was head of the Congregation. The Catechism of the Faith, which, among its other duties, handles all reports of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
He was called into the German army during World War II, but an infection in his finger came out from the front line.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He grew up in Traunstein, Germany, and was an enlisted member of Hitler's youth despite family resentment of the Nazi Party. He was ordained a priest in his native Bavaria in 1951.

Family life info

His parents, Maria and Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. harassed by the Nazis. He returned home in 1945 after abandoning his unit, but was captured by the Americans who established a camp at his home and sent to a POW camp.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is his favorite musician.

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When was Religious Leaders Pope Benedict XVI born?
Pope Benedict XVI birthday 16-4-1927 (at the age of 97).
Where is Religious Leaders Pope Benedict XVI's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Pope Benedict XVI was born in Germany. is a Religious Leaders, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Pope Benedict XVI's global rank is 12679 and whose rank is 12 in list of famous Religious Leaders.
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Events in 1927 and 16-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Pope Benedict XVI

  • The German economy collapses.
  • Socialists riot in Vienna; a general strike follows acquittal of Nazis for political murder.
  • Trotsky is expelled from the Russian Communist Party.
  • Charles Lindbergh makes the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight.

Birthday Pope Benedict XVI (16-4) in history

  • Day 16-4 year 1746: The revolt that restored the senior line of the House of Stuart to the English Jacobite throne ended when the Duke of Cumberland defeated Charles "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stuart.
  • Day 16-4 year 1912: Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
  • Day 16-4 year 1917: Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland.
  • Day 16-4 year 1947: Financier Bernard Baruch coined the term “cold war” in a speech in South Carolina.
  • Day 16-4 year 1972: China sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.
  • Day 16-4 year 1999: Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.
  • Day 16-4 year 2007: A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.
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