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Pope Pope Benedict W Photos
1. Joseph Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI Photos provided by Diocese of La Crosse / Franz Klein
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5. After the war, he and his brother reentered the seminary. They were ordained on June 29, 1951 .
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12. The Pope, upon election, takes on a new name, which indicates a change in identity. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger chose the name Benedict to create a spiritual bond with Benedict XV who steered the Church through a period of turmoil caused by the First World War.
13. Pope Benedict XVI is the ninth German Pope. The last German Pope was Adrian VI, who reigned from 1522-1523.
14. He also chose the name to identify with St. Benedict, Patriarch of Western Monasticism, who spread Christianity throughout Europe.
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