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Pope Benedict XVI

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His Holiness '''Benedict XVI''' ('''Joseph Alois Ratzinger''', born April 16, 1927, in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]) was the [[Pope]] (2005-2013) of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He succeeded Pope [[John Paul II]]. On February 28, 2013, he resigned the papacy stating that his "strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/11/pope-benedict-xvi-resigning-on-feb-28-due-to-age-health-reasons-conclave/ Pope Benedict XVI resigning on Feb. 28]</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in Marktl am Inn, [[Germany]], on April 16, 1927. As a child, he lived in Traunstein where much of his philosophy developed. Ratzinger joined the [[Hitler Youth]] in 1939 - membership being required by law - but was unenthusiastic and refused to attend meetings.<ref name="new_pope_defied_nazis">http://bc.edu/research/cjl/meta-elements/texts/cjrelations/topics/new_pope_defied_nazis.htm</ref> At the end of 1944, he was drafted into the German Army and assigned to the Traustein Garrison. He deserted in April or May 1945.<ref name="new_pope_defied_nazis" /><ref>Blanco, Pablo. A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger.</ref>
Ratzinger's father opposed Nazism.

==Education==
He studied at the higher School of Freising and the University of Munich, receiving a Doctor of Theology Degree in 1953.

==Ordination==
He was ordained to the priesthood of the Catholic Church on June 29, 1951.

==Appointment to the See of Munich==
[[File:Firma papal.jpg|thumb|Signature.]]
[[Pope Paul VI]] appointed Father Ratzinger Archbishop of the Archdiocese of [[Munich]] and Freisling on March 25, 1977.

==Cardinal==
He was chosen to membership in the [[College of Cardinals]] by Pope [[Paul VI]] on June 27, 1977. He was thereafter known as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. On November 25, 1981, Pope [[John Paul II]] named Cardinal Ratzinger "Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith", one of the major Curial institutions of the [[Holy See]].

==College Positions==
On November 6, 1998, Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals. On November 30, 2002, he was elected Dean.

==Accession to the Papacy==
[[Image:Popebenedictbirthday.jpg|right|His Holiness Benedict XVI p.p. on his 80th Birthday|thumb]]
On April 2, 2005, John Paul II passed away. Following the prescribed mourning period, the College of Cardinals was summoned to the Vatican for the Papal Conclave. Cardinal Ratzinger was widely regarded as one of the strongest candidates for election to the papacy, both for his expertise in theological matters and his reputation as a conservative. On April 19, 2005, after a prior false signal, white smoke appeared at the chimney of the [[Sistine Chapel]], signalling the election of a new pope. There were reports that several rounds of voting were needed before Ratzinger achieved the super majority that was required.

As in the past, the Cardinal Protodeacon, Jorge Cardinal Medina Estevez, appeared on the balcony and proclaimed the following;
<blockquote>
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: 
Habemus Papam! 
Eminentissimum ac reverendissimum Dominum, 
Dominum Joseph, 
Sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalem Ratzinger, 
Qui sibi nomen imposuit Benedict XVI. 
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
(I announce to you all a great joy: 
We have a pope! 
A most Eminent and Reverend Lord, 
Lord Joseph, 
Cardinal Ratzinger, of the Holy Roman Church, 
Who has imposed a name for himself: Benedict XVI.) 
</blockquote>

[[File:Pope Benedict XVI waves from plane 2008.jpg|thumb|Pope Benedict XVI waves to cheering crowd on his arrival to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA.]]
In April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI made his first visit to the [[United States]]. He celebrated mass in [[Washington, D.C.]] in a baseball stadium and then at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick and at Yankee Stadium in [[New York City]]. During this journey he became the first pope to visit an American [[synagogue]].

"We need your message to reject this dictatorship of relativism and embrace a culture of justice and truth," said President [[George W. Bush]] in welcoming Benedict to the [[White House]].

==Social Networking==

The Vatican has expressed its desire to communicate to the world's 1 billion Catholics via the internet. The Pope has created the website [http://www.pope2you.net Pope2You] with applications geared toward [[Facebook]], its [[YouTube]] video channel, [[iPhone]] apps and WikiCath. Presentation of the message says,

{{cquote| Be sure to announce the Gospel to your contemporaries with enthusiasm. You know their fears and their hopes, their aspirations and their disappointments: the greatest gift you can give to them is to share with them the "Good News" of a God who became man, who suffered, died and rose again to save all people.}}

==Quotes==
"The collapse of the Marxist-inspired governments of Europe was for this theology of redeeming political practice a kind of twilight of the gods: precisely there where the Marxist ideology of liberation had been consistently applied, a total lack of freedom had developed, whose horrors were now laid bare before the eyes of the entire world. Wherever politics tries to be redemptive, it is promising too much. Where it wishes to do the work of God, it becomes not divine, but demonic."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kSrjXVX8quYC&pg=PA116 Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions]</ref>

==Works==
* ''Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions'', 2004

== See also ==

*[[Our Lady of Guadalupe]]
*[[Holy See]]
*[[Sistine Chapel]]
*[[Roman Catholic Church]]

[[Image:C. A. Benedict XVI.gif|right|thumb|Coat of Arms of Benedict XVI.]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.vatican.va/ The Vatican]
*[http://flagspot.net/flags/va_ben16.html Personal Flag and Arms of Benedict XVI]
*[https://archive.is/SXZYk Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland.] Regarding child sexual abuse by members of the Church.
*[http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-benedict-xvi-announces-his-resignation-at-end Full text of Pope's declaration of resignation]

==Footnotes==
<references/>

[[File:Papa Benedetto XVI PD WC.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Pope Benedict XVI, 2005.]]

[[Category:German People]]
[[Category:Popes|Benedict XVI, Pope]]

Pope Benedict XVI

2019-03-14T17:07:17Z

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[[Image:Image:Stalin-140508 27880t.jpg|right|200px]]
[[Image:Joseph-stalin.jpg|right|thumb]]
His Holiness '''Benedict XVI''' ('''Joseph Alois Ratzinger''', born April 16, 1927, in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]) was the [[Pope]] (2005-2013) of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He succeeded Pope [[John Paul II]]. On February 28, 2013, he resigned the papacy stating that his "strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/11/pope-benedict-xvi-resigning-on-feb-28-due-to-age-health-reasons-conclave/ Pope Benedict XVI resigning on Feb. 28]</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in Marktl am Inn, [[Germany]], on April 16, 1927. As a child, he lived in Traunstein where much of his philosophy developed. Ratzinger joined the [[Hitler Youth]] in 1939 - membership being required by law - but was unenthusiastic and refused to attend meetings.<ref name="new_pope_defied_nazis">http://bc.edu/research/cjl/meta-elements/texts/cjrelations/topics/new_pope_defied_nazis.htm</ref> At the end of 1944, he was drafted into the German Army and assigned to the Traustein Garrison. He deserted in April or May 1945.<ref name="new_pope_defied_nazis" /><ref>Blanco, Pablo. A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger.</ref>
Ratzinger's father opposed Nazism.

==Education==
He studied at the higher School of Freising and the University of Munich, receiving a Doctor of Theology Degree in 1953.

==Ordination==
He was ordained to the priesthood of the Catholic Church on June 29, 1951.

==Appointment to the See of Munich==
[[File:Firma papal.jpg|thumb|Signature.]]
[[Pope Paul VI]] appointed Father Ratzinger Archbishop of the Archdiocese of [[Munich]] and Freisling on March 25, 1977.

==Cardinal==
He was chosen to membership in the [[College of Cardinals]] by Pope [[Paul VI]] on June 27, 1977. He was thereafter known as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. On November 25, 1981, Pope [[John Paul II]] named Cardinal Ratzinger "Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith", one of the major Curial institutions of the [[Holy See]].

==College Positions==
On November 6, 1998, Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals. On November 30, 2002, he was elected Dean.

==Accession to the Papacy==
[[Image:Popebenedictbirthday.jpg|right|His Holiness Benedict XVI p.p. on his 80th Birthday|thumb]]
On April 2, 2005, John Paul II passed away. Following the prescribed mourning period, the College of Cardinals was summoned to the Vatican for the Papal Conclave. Cardinal Ratzinger was widely regarded as one of the strongest candidates for election to the papacy, both for his expertise in theological matters and his reputation as a conservative. On April 19, 2005, after a prior false signal, white smoke appeared at the chimney of the [[Sistine Chapel]], signalling the election of a new pope. There were reports that several rounds of voting were needed before Ratzinger achieved the super majority that was required.

As in the past, the Cardinal Protodeacon, Jorge Cardinal Medina Estevez, appeared on the balcony and proclaimed the following;
<blockquote>
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: 
Habemus Papam! 
Eminentissimum ac reverendissimum Dominum, 
Dominum Joseph, 
Sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalem Ratzinger, 
Qui sibi nomen imposuit Benedict XVI. 
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
(I announce to you all a great joy: 
We have a pope! 
A most Eminent and Reverend Lord, 
Lord Joseph, 
Cardinal Ratzinger, of the Holy Roman Church, 
Who has imposed a name for himself: Benedict XVI.) 
</blockquote>

[[File:Pope Benedict XVI waves from plane 2008.jpg|thumb|Pope Benedict XVI waves to cheering crowd on his arrival to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA.]]
In April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI made his first visit to the [[United States]]. He celebrated mass in [[Washington, D.C.]] in a baseball stadium and then at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick and at Yankee Stadium in [[New York City]]. During this journey he became the first pope to visit an American [[synagogue]].

"We need your message to reject this dictatorship of relativism and embrace a culture of justice and truth," said President [[George W. Bush]] in welcoming Benedict to the [[White House]].

==Social Networking==

The Vatican has expressed its desire to communicate to the world's 1 billion Catholics via the internet. The Pope has created the website [http://www.pope2you.net Pope2You] with applications geared toward [[Facebook]], its [[YouTube]] video channel, [[iPhone]] apps and WikiCath. Presentation of the message says,

{{cquote| Be sure to announce the Gospel to your contemporaries with enthusiasm. You know their fears and their hopes, their aspirations and their disappointments: the greatest gift you can give to them is to share with them the "Good News" of a God who became man, who suffered, died and rose again to save all people.}}

==Quotes==
"The collapse of the Marxist-inspired governments of Europe was for this theology of redeeming political practice a kind of twilight of the gods: precisely there where the Marxist ideology of liberation had been consistently applied, a total lack of freedom had developed, whose horrors were now laid bare before the eyes of the entire world. Wherever politics tries to be redemptive, it is promising too much. Where it wishes to do the work of God, it becomes not divine, but demonic."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kSrjXVX8quYC&pg=PA116 Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions]</ref>

==Works==
* ''Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions'', 2004

== See also ==

*[[Our Lady of Guadalupe]]
*[[Holy See]]
*[[Sistine Chapel]]
*[[Roman Catholic Church]]

[[Image:C. A. Benedict XVI.gif|right|thumb|Coat of Arms of Benedict XVI.]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.vatican.va/ The Vatican]
*[http://flagspot.net/flags/va_ben16.html Personal Flag and Arms of Benedict XVI]
*[https://archive.is/SXZYk Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland.] Regarding child sexual abuse by members of the Church.
*[http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-benedict-xvi-announces-his-resignation-at-end Full text of Pope's declaration of resignation]

==Footnotes==
<references/>

[[File:Papa Benedetto XVI PD WC.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Pope Benedict XVI, 2005.]]

[[Category:German People]]
[[Category:Popes|Benedict XVI, Pope]]

Ben Carson

2019-03-14T16:59:54Z

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[[Image:Joseph_mengel.jpg|thumb|Official portrait]]
'''Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson''', M.D. (born September 18, 1951), is the 17th United States [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] under Republican President [[Donald Trump]]. He is also a widely admired [[conservative]] who was a candidate for the [[Republican]] nomination for president in the [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 election]].<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/04/ben-carson-tells-tv-station-is-running-for-president/ "Carson, Fiorina launch 2016 bids as diversity of GOP field grows"] (May 4, 2015). Fox News website/Politics/Republicans.</ref> Carson finished a strong fourth in the [[CPAC]] straw poll in 2015. Carson, [[Ted Cruz]], [[Rand Paul]] and [[Mike Huckabee]] were the only [[2016 presidential candidates on homosexuality|presidential candidates]] willing to speak the truth against the [[homosexual agenda]].

In August 2015, Ben Carson rebuked the [[liberal media]] and "dismisses '[[anchor-babies]]' controversy as 'silly'"'': “We need to talk about the actual issue and stop getting pulled off into the weeds and saying, 'you can't use this term, you can't use that term.'"''<ref>Herb, Jeremy (August 23, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/ben-carson-anchor-babies-immigration-2016-121639.html#ixzz3jeO9xbve "Carson dismisses 'anchor-babies' controversy as 'silly'"] (August 23, 2015). Politico website.</ref>

[[File:Bccurrent.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Earlier photo of Carson]]
Carson is a former Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Hospital]]. He has since retired from medical practice. Carson rose to national political attention for his remarks criticizing Obama at the February 2013 [[National Prayer Breakfast]]. Carson had previously received publicity for being portrayed in the television movie ''Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story'', which starred Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Among many conservative positions, Carson favors [[charter school]]s as part of a school choice program, saying that competition keeps schools from becoming complacent.<ref>Richter, Greg and Bachman, John (April 14, 2013). [https://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/ben-carson-education-attacks/2013/04/14/id/499393?promo_code=F492-1&utm_source=Test_Newsmax_Feed&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1#ixzz2Qd9Y52RN "Ben Carson: Attacks only making me more determined"]. Newsmax website.</ref>

With his wife Candy, Ben Carson wrote the best-seller ''America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great'' in 2013 and also a best-seller in 2014 which remained a best-seller among U.S. politics books in 2015: ''One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future''.

He is described by liberal "comedian" [[Chelsea Handler]] as a "black white supremacist".<ref>https://www.infowars.com/chelsea-handler-calls-ben-carson-a-black-white-supremacist/</ref>

==Quote==
"America became a great nation early on not because of politicians but because of people who encouraged hard work, creativity, and innovation." (August 6, 2015).

==See also==
* [[Colion Noir]], [[Alfonzo Rachel]], [[Alex Barron]], [[Sheriff]] [[David Clarke]], Dr. Ben Carson, [[Alan Keyes]], [[Reginald Kaigler]] ([[Demcad]]), [[Thomas Sowell]], [[Clarence Thomas]], Conservative [[African American|black]] pundits (See [[:Category:Black Conservatives|Black conservatives]] and [http://africanamericanconservatives.com/about/ AfricanAmericanConservatives.com])
* [[School choice]]
* [[Charter school]]

==External links==
*[http://m.christianpost.com/news/neurosurgeon-ben-carson-retires-from-surgery-becomes-columnist-for-washington-times-99878/ Neurosurgeon Ben Carson Retires From Surgery; Becomes Columnist for Washington Times]
*[https://www.bencarson.com Ben Carson 2016 campaign website]

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