He had ascended the papal throne on April 19, 2005 under the name of Benedict XVIRatzinger remained in office until his 86th birthday when he decided to retire: “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God – he declared on February 11, 2013 – I have come to the certainty that my strength, due to my advanced age, are no longer adequate to adequately exercise the Petrine ministry”, which he officially left on February 28.
The German Pontiff was a protagonist of the life of the Church and of European culture, theologian, teacher, Archbishop of MunichPrefect of the Doctrine of the Faith, Pope and Pope Emeritus, Joseph Ratzinger He was the son of a policeman and a cook, he was born in Markti am Inn on April 16, 1927 on Easter Eve. Ratzinger was baptized in the morning of the same day with “new and recently blessed” water, a sign for him of a “particular incorporation into the paschal mystery”.
The news and recent history remember above all his resignation from the pontificate, an act of courage that profoundly innovated the papal ministry, but also his illness and the accusations that he covered up sexual abuse while he was archbishop in Munich.
Ratzinger was the eighth potato in renouncing the Petrine ministry, if one considers the cases of Clement I, Ponciano, Silverio, Benedict IX, Gregory VI, Celestine V and Gregory XIIof which there are certain or very reliable historical sources.
The body will be in the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Holy See from the morning of Monday, January 2, for the final greeting of the faithful to the oldest of the Popes of the Catholic Church.
Source: Ambito
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