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href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Benedictus_XVI" title="Pous Benedictus XVI – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Pous Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8D%93%E1%8D%93_%E1%89%A4%E1%8A%94%E1%8B%B2%E1%8A%AD%E1%89%B1%E1%88%B5_16%E1%8A%9B" title="ፓፓ ቤኔዲክቱስ 16ኛ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ፓፓ ቤኔዲክቱስ 16ኛ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_XVI_P%C4%81pa" title="Benedictus XVI Pāpa – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Benedictus XVI Pāpa" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="بندكت السادس عشر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بندكت السادس عشر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedet_XVI" title="Benedet XVI – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Benedet XVI" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedictu_XVI" title="Papa Benedictu XVI – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Papa Benedictu XVI" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%C3%AAt_XVI" title="Benêt XVI – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Benêt XVI" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benitu_XVI" title="Benitu XVI – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Benitu XVI" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binidiktu_XVI" title="Binidiktu XVI – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Binidiktu XVI" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI_Benedikt" title="XVI Benedikt – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="XVI Benedikt" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA" title="اون آلتینجی بندیکت – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اون آلتینجی بندیکت" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA_%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F" title="পোপ ষোড়শ বেনেডিক্ট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পোপ ষোড়শ বেনেডিক্ট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A0u-h%C3%B4ng_Benedictus_16-s%C3%A8" title="Kàu-hông Benedictus 16-sè – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kàu-hông Benedictus 16-sè" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%82_XVI" title="Бенедыкт XVI – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бенедыкт XVI" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%82_XVI" title="Бэнэдыкт XVI – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Бэнэдыкт XVI" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedicto_XVI" title="Papa Benedicto XVI – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Papa Benedicto XVI" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_XVI" title="Бенедикт XVI – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бенедикт XVI" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedikt_XVI" title="Papa Benedikt XVI – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Papa Benedikt XVI" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benead_XVI" title="Benead XVI – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Benead XVI" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benet_XVI" title="Benet XVI – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Benet XVI" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_XVI" title="Benedicto XVI – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Benedicto XVI" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedicto_XVI" title="Papa Benedicto XVI – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Papa Benedicto XVI" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pab_Bened_XVI" title="Pab Bened XVI – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Pab Bened XVI" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Benedikt_16." title="Pave Benedikt 16. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Pave Benedikt 16." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA_16" title="لبابا بينيديكت 16 – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="لبابا بينيديكت 16" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baapscht_Benedict_XVI" title="Baapscht Benedict XVI – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Baapscht Benedict XVI" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Pope Benedict XVI" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_XVI" title="Benedictus XVI – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%A3%CE%A4%CE%84" title="Πάπας Βενέδικτος ΙΣΤ΄ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πάπας Βενέδικτος ΙΣΤ΄" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Pope Benedict XVI" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedicto_XVI" title="Benedicto XVI – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Benedicto XVI" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikto_la_16-a" title="Benedikto la 16-a – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Benedikto la 16-a" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneditu_XVI" title="Beneditu XVI – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Beneditu XVI" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikto_XVI.a" title="Benedikto XVI.a – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Benedikto XVI.a" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85" title="پاپ بندیکت شانزدهم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پاپ بندیکت شانزدهم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benadikt_XVI" title="Benadikt XVI – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Benadikt XVI" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_XVI" title="Benoît XVI – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Benoît XVI" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benediktus_XVI" title="Benediktus XVI – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Benediktus XVI" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pape_Benedet_XVI" title="Pape Benedet XVI – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Pape Benedet XVI" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Beinidict_XVI" title="Pápa Beinidict XVI – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Pápa Beinidict XVI" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A0pa_Beinidict_XVI" title="Pàpa Beinidict XVI – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Pàpa Beinidict XVI" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bieito_XVI,_papa" title="Bieito XVI, papa – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bieito XVI, papa" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau-f%C3%B2ng_Benedictus_16-s%E1%B9%B3" title="Kau-fòng Benedictus 16-sṳ – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Kau-fòng Benedictus 16-sṳ" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%90%ED%99%A9_%EB%B2%A0%EB%84%A4%EB%94%95%ED%86%A0_16%EC%84%B8" title="교황 베네딕토 16세 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="교황 베네딕토 16세" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_na_Sha_Shida" title="Benedict na Sha Shida – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Benedict na Sha Shida" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%BD_XVI" title="Բենեդիկտոս XVI – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բենեդիկտոս XVI" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_XVI" title="पोप बेनेडिक्ट XVI – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पोप बेनेडिक्ट XVI" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papo_Benedictus_la_16ma" title="Papo Benedictus la 16ma – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Papo Benedictus la 16ma" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Pope Benedict XVI" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedicto_XVI" title="Papa Benedicto XVI – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Papa Benedicto XVI" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paus_Benediktus_XVI" title="Paus Benediktus XVI – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Paus Benediktus XVI" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedicto_XVI" title="Papa Benedicto XVI – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Papa Benedicto XVI" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_XVI" title="Benedictus XVI – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_16." title="Benedikt 16. – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Benedikt 16." data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedetto_XVI" title="Papa Benedetto XVI – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Papa Benedetto XVI" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%A8" title="בנדיקטוס השישה עשר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בנדיקטוס השישה עשר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paus_Benediktus_XVI" title="Paus Benediktus XVI – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Paus Benediktus XVI" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedict_XVI" title="Papa Benedict XVI – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Papa Benedict XVI" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94_XVI" title="ბენედიქტე XVI – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბენედიქტე XVI" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI" title="Benedikt XVI – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Benedikt XVI" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedikto_XVI" title="Papa Benedikto XVI – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Papa Benedikto XVI" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benwa_XVI" title="Benwa XVI – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Benwa XVI" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Bened%C3%AEkt_XVI" title="Papa Benedîkt XVI – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Papa Benedîkt XVI" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_XVI" title="Benedictus XVI – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%BB%E0%BA%A1%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%9E%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%95%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B2%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%9A%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%B5%E0%BB%88_16" title="ສົມເດັດພະສັນຕະປາປາເບເນດິກທີ່ 16 – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ສົມເດັດພະສັນຕະປາປາເບເນດິກທີ່ 16" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_XVI" title="Benedictus XVI – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikts_XVI" title="Benedikts XVI – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Benedikts XVI" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_XVI._(Poopst)" title="Benoît XVI. (Poopst) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Benoît XVI. (Poopst)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benediktas_XVI" title="Benediktas XVI – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Benediktas XVI" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_XVI" title="Benedictus XVI – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Benwa_XVI" title="Pápa Benwa XVI – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Pápa Benwa XVI" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedito_16" title="Benedito 16 – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Benedito 16" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedet_XVI" title="Papa Benedet XVI – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Papa Benedet XVI" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI._Benedek_p%C3%A1pa" title="XVI. Benedek pápa – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="XVI. Benedek pápa" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_XVI" title="Папа Бенедикт XVI – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Папа Бенедикт XVI" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%A0_XVI" title="Benoà XVI – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Benoà XVI" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA" title="ബെനഡിക്റ്റ് പതിനാറാമൻ മാർപ്പാപ്പ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബെനഡിക്റ്റ് പതിനാറാമൻ മാർപ്പാപ്പ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedittu_XVI" title="Papa Benedittu XVI – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Papa Benedittu XVI" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE" title="पोप बेनेडिक्ट सोळावा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पोप बेनेडिक्ट सोळावा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="بينيديكتوس الستاشر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بينيديكتوس الستاشر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paus_Benedictus_XVI" title="Paus Benedictus XVI – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Paus Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Benedictus_16-si%C3%A9" title="Gáu-huòng Benedictus 16-sié – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Gáu-huòng Benedictus 16-sié" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82" title="XVI Бенедикт – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="XVI Бенедикт" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%95%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%9F%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8_%E1%80%98%E1%80%B1%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%92%E1%80%AD%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF_%E1%81%81%E1%81%86" title="ပုပ်ရဟန်းမင်းကြီး ဘေနေဒိက်တို ၁၆ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ပုပ်ရဟန်းမင်းကြီး ဘေနေဒိက်တို ၁၆" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paus_Benedictus_XVI" title="Paus Benedictus XVI – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Paus Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paus_Benedictus_XVI" title="Paus Benedictus XVI – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Paus Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%8D%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8816%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E6%95%99%E7%9A%87)" title="ベネディクト16世 (ローマ教皇) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ベネディクト16世 (ローマ教皇)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedetto_XVI" title="Papa Benedetto XVI – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Papa Benedetto XVI" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beenedikt_XVI._(Paap)" title="Beenedikt XVI. (Paap) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Beenedikt XVI. (Paap)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI" title="Benedikt XVI – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Benedikt XVI" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Benedikt_XVI" title="Pave Benedikt XVI – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Pave Benedikt XVI" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_XVI" title="Benedictus XVI – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papo_Benedikt_XVI" title="Papo Benedikt XVI – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Papo Benedikt XVI" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneset_XVI" title="Beneset XVI – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Beneset XVI" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI" title="Benedikt XVI – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Benedikt XVI" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%93%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%89%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%BC" title="شپاړلسم پاپ بنډیکټ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="شپاړلسم پاپ بنډیکټ" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puop_Benidik_XVI" title="Puop Benidik XVI – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Puop Benidik XVI" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%8E%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%8C%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%91%E1%9E%B8%E1%9F%A1%E1%9F%A6" title="បេណេឌីកទី១៦ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="បេណេឌីកទី១៦" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9no%C3%A9t_XVI" title="Bénoét XVI – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Bénoét XVI" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedet_XVI" title="Benedet XVI – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Benedet XVI" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_XVI" title="Benedict XVI – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Benedict XVI" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedykt_XVI" title="Benedykt XVI – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Benedykt XVI" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Bento_XVI" title="Papa Bento XVI – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Papa Bento XVI" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedict_al_XVI-lea" title="Papa Benedict al XVI-lea – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Papa Benedict al XVI-lea" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binidiktu_XVI" title="Binidiktu XVI – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Binidiktu XVI" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_XVI" title="Бенедикт XVI – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бенедикт XVI" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pape_Benedict_XVI" title="Pape Benedict XVI – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Pape Benedict XVI" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikti_XVI" title="Benedikti XVI – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Benedikti XVI" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binidittu_XVI" title="Binidittu XVI – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Binidittu XVI" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%B1_%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%9A" title="දහසයවන බෙනඩික්ට් පාප්වහන්සේ – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="දහසයවන බෙනඩික්ට් පාප්වහන්සේ" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI." title="Benedikt XVI. – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pape%C5%BE_Benedikt_XVI." title="Papež Benedikt XVI. – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Papež Benedikt XVI." data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedykt_XVI" title="Benedykt XVI – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Benedykt XVI" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DB%8E%D9%86%DB%8E%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%95%DB%8C%DB%95%D9%85" title="پاپا بێنێدیکتی شازدەیەم – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پاپا بێنێدیکتی شازدەیەم" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_XVI" title="Папа Бенедикт XVI – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Папа Бенедикт XVI" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_XVI" title="Benedikt XVI – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Benedikt XVI" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_XVI" title="Benedictus XVI – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictus_XVI" title="Benedictus XVI – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Benedictus XVI" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Benedicto_XVI" title="Papa Benedicto XVI – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Papa Benedicto XVI" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%88_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D" title="திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pape_Bened%C3%ACtte_XVI" title="Pape Benedìtte XVI – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Pape Benedìtte XVI" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_XVI" title="Бенедикт XVI – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бенедикт XVI" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88_16" title="สมเด็จพระสันตะปาปาเบเนดิกต์ที่ 16 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="สมเด็จพระสันตะปาปาเบเนดิกต์ที่ 16" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI._Benedictus" title="XVI. Benedictus – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="XVI. Benedictus" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_XVI" title="Бенедикт XVI – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Бенедикт XVI" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%88%DA%A9%D9%B9_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%81%D9%85" title="بینیڈکٹ شانزدہم – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بینیڈکٹ شانزدہم" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a 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XVI</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Benedykt_XVI_(2010-10-17)_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Benedykt_XVI_%282010-10-17%29_2.jpg/220px-Benedykt_XVI_%282010-10-17%29_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Benedykt_XVI_%282010-10-17%29_2.jpg/330px-Benedykt_XVI_%282010-10-17%29_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Benedykt_XVI_%282010-10-17%29_2.jpg/440px-Benedykt_XVI_%282010-10-17%29_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="742" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Benedict XVI in 2010</div></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Papacy began</th><td class="infobox-data">19 April 2005</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Papacy ended</th><td class="infobox-data">28 February 2013</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">John Paul II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#DDDDDD;">Orders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ordination</th><td class="infobox-data">29 June 1951<br />by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_von_Faulhaber&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael von Faulhaber (not yet started)">Michael von Faulhaber</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consecration</th><td class="infobox-data">28 May 1977<br />by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Josef_Stangl&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Josef Stangl (not yet started)">Josef Stangl</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created cardinal</th><td class="infobox-data">27 June 1977<br />by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#DDDDDD;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1927-04-16</span>)</span>16 April 1927<br /><a href="/wiki/Marktl" title="Marktl">Marktl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weimar_Republic" title="Weimar Republic">Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">31 December 2022<span style="display:none">(2022-12-31)</span> (aged 95)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mater_Ecclesiae" title="Mater Ecclesiae">Mater Ecclesiae Monastery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_extant_papal_tombs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of extant papal tombs (not yet started)">Buried</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a>, <br /> <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">German (with Vatican citizenship)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Mater_Ecclesiae" title="Mater Ecclesiae">Mater Ecclesiae Monastery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data">Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. and Maria Ratzinger (née Peintner)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous post</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Munich_and_Freising&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (not yet started)">Archbishop of Munich and Freising</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1977–1982)</span><br />Cardinal-Priest of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Maria_Consolatrice_al_Tiburtino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (not yet started)">Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1977–1993)</span><br />President of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=International_Theological_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International Theological Commission (not yet started)">International Theological Commission</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1981–2005)</span><br />Prefect of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (not yet started)">Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1981–2005)</span><br />President of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontifical_Biblical_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pontifical Biblical Commission (not yet started)">Pontifical Biblical Commission</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1981–2005)</span><br />Cardinal-Bishop of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Suburbicarian_Diocese_of_Velletri-Segni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni (not yet started)">Velletri-Segni</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1993–2005)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Dean_of_the_College_of_Cardinals" title="Dean of the College of Cardinals">Dean of the College of Cardinals</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2002–2005)</span><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop_of_Ostia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bishop of Ostia (not yet started)">Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2002–2005)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Cooperatores veritatis</i> (cooperators of the truth)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pope_Benedict_XVI_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Benedict XVI's signature"><img alt="Benedict XVI's signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pope_Benedict_XVI_Signature.svg/130px-Pope_Benedict_XVI_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Pope_Benedict_XVI_Signature.svg/195px-Pope_Benedict_XVI_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="1021" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Pope Benedict (disambiguation)">Other popes named Benedict</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pope Benedict XVI</b> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Benedictus PP. XVI</i>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Benedikt XVI</i>; <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Benedetto XVI</i>, born <b>Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger</b>; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was a <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. He served as the 265th Pope from 2005 to 2013. In that position, he was both the leader of the Catholic Church and ruler of the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</a>. Benedict was elected on 19 April 2005 in a <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave,_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal conclave, 2005">papal conclave</a> after the death of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>. He celebrated his <a href="/w/index.php?title=Papal_inauguration&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Papal inauguration (not yet started)">papal inauguration</a> <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a> on 24 April 2005. He took possession of his cathedral, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbasilica_of_St._John_Lateran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (not yet started)">Archbasilica of St. John Lateran</a>, on 7 May 2005. </p><p>On 11 February 2013, Benedict announced his <a href="/wiki/Resignation" title="Resignation">resignation</a> in a speech in Latin before the <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">cardinals</a>. His reason was a "lack of strength of mind and body" because of his old age. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Resignation_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (not yet started)">His resignation</a> became effective on 28 February 2013. He was the first pope to resign since <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XII" title="Pope Gregory XII">Pope Gregory XII</a> in 1415. He was the first to resign by choice since <a href="/wiki/Pope_Celestine_V" title="Pope Celestine V">Pope Celestine V</a> in 1294. As Pope Emeritus, Benedict retains the <a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">style</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/His_Holiness" title="His Holiness">His Holiness</a></i>, and the title of <i>Pope</i>. He will continue to dress in the papal colour of white. He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> on 13 March 2013. He moved into the newly renovated <i><a href="/wiki/Mater_Ecclesiae" title="Mater Ecclesiae">Mater Ecclesiae</a></i> monastery for his retirement on 2 May 2013. In September 2020, Benedict XVI became the longest-lived pope at aged 93.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Priest">Priest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Priest" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Priest"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ratzinger was <a href="/wiki/Consecration" title="Consecration">ordained</a> as a Catholic priest in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a professor at several German universities, including the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bonn" title="University of Bonn">University of Bonn</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the University of <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCnster" title="Münster">Münster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also taught at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_T%C3%BCbingen" title="University of Tübingen">University of Tübingen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Regensburg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="University of Regensburg (not yet started)">University of Regensburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Seewald,_Peter_page_185_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seewald,_Peter_page_185-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cardinal">Cardinal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Cardinal" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Cardinal"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1977, Ratzinger was named by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a> of <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freising" title="Freising">Freising</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Seewald,_Peter_page_185_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seewald,_Peter_page_185-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cardinal Ratzinger was Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became Dean of the College of Cardinals.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a close friend of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>. </p><p>In January 2022 a report written by a German law firm found that Benedict XVI had failed to act over four cases of child abuse when he was in charge as Archbishop of Munich.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has denied these reports.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pope">Pope</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Pope" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Pope"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2005, Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Pope at the age of 78. At the <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave" title="Papal conclave">conclave</a>, "it was, if not Ratzinger, who? And as they came to know him, the question became, why not Ratzinger?"<sup id="cite_ref-goodstein_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goodstein-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He chose to be called Benedict XVI.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 11 February 2013, the pope announced that he would <a href="/wiki/Abdication" title="Abdication">abdicate</a> or <a href="/wiki/Resignation" title="Resignation">resign</a> on 28 February 2013: "I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry."<sup id="cite_ref-renounce_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renounce-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original declaration was made in <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-renounce_la_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renounce_la-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the first pope to resign since <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XII" title="Pope Gregory XII">Pope Gregory XII</a> in 1415.<sup id="cite_ref-resignCNN_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resignCNN-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He decided to resign then retired on February 28, 2013 in order to take care of his health condition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 28 December 2022, Pope Francis said that Benedict was "very sick".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Benedict died on 31 December 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI">funeral</a> was held on 5 January 2023. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_works">Selected works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Selected works" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Selected works"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Joseph Ratzinger, <a href="/wiki/OCLC" title="OCLC">OCLC</a>/<a href="/wiki/WorldCat" title="WorldCat">WorldCat</a> includes roughly 360+ works in 520+ publications in 20 languages as well as library holdings.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Introduction to Christianity</i> (1968)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Einführung in das Christentum: Vorlesungen über das Apostolische Glaubensbekenntnis</i> (1968)</li> <li><i>Das neue Volk Gottes: Entwürfe zur Ekklesiologie</i> (1969)</li> <li><i>Der Gott Jesu Christi: Betrachtungen über den Dreieinigen Gott</i> (1976)</li> <li><i>Eschatologie : Tod und ewiges Leben</i> (1977)</li> <li><i>Principles of Catholic theology: building stones for a fundamental theology</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Politik und Erlösung: zum Verhältnis von Glaube, Rationalität und Irrationalem in der sogenannten Theologie der Befreiung</i> (1986)</li></ul> <p>As Pope, OCLC/WorldCat identifies 1,400+ works in 2,300+ publications in 33 languages and 55,000+ library holdings.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Jesus of Nazareth: from the baptism in the Jordan to the transfiguration</i> (2007)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Without roots: the West, relativism, Christianity, Islam</i> (2006)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abdication" title="Abdication">Abdication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Ratzinger" title="Georg Ratzinger">Georg Ratzinger</a> (brother)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Benedictus_XVI.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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DW News<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 3,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.msn.com&rft.atitle=Benedicto+XVI+es+ya+el+papa+m%C3%A1s+anciano+de+toda+la+historia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fes-mx%2Fnews%2Fother%2Fbenedicto-xvi-es-ya-el-papa-m%25C3%25A1s-anciano-de-toda-la-historia%2Far-BB18IsG8%3Focid%3Dmsedgdhp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3APope+Benedict+XVI" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ratzinger, George; Michael Hesseman; Michael J. Miller My Brother, the Pope 2011 Ingatius Press San Francisco page 160</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kung, Hans Disputed Truth: Memoirs II Continuum International Publishing Group New York New York 2007 page 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Streissguth, Thomas Pope Benedict XVI Lerner Publishing Group Minneapolis Minnesota 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Bernstein, Richard <i>et al.</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/international/worldspecial2/24ratzinger.html?scp=15&sq=tubingen&st=cse">"Turbulence on Campus in 60's Hardened Views of Future Pope,"</a> <i>New York Times.</i> April 24, 2005; retrieved 2011-10-26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Seewald,_Peter_page_185-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Seewald,_Peter_page_185_7-0">7.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Seewald,_Peter_page_185_7-1">7.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Seewald, Peter; Brian McNeil Pope Benedict XVI: Servant of the Truth Ignatius Press San Francisco 2006 page 185</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Heim, Maximillian Heinrich; Michael J. Miller Joseph Ratzinger: Life in the Church and Living Theology: Fundamentals of Ecclesiology with Reference to Lumen Gentium Ignatius Press San Francisco 2007 page 211</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pope Benedict XVI; Jurgen Habermas Dialectics of Secularization: On Reason and Religion Ignatius Press San Francisco 2006 page 82</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:1_10-0">10.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:1_10-1">10.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60070132">"Former Pope Benedict failed to act over abuse, new report finds"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 2022-01-20<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-01-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Former+Pope+Benedict+failed+to+act+over+abuse%2C+new+report+finds&rft.date=2022-01-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-europe-60070132&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3APope+Benedict+XVI" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-goodstein-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-goodstein_11-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Goodstein, Laurie and Elisabetta Povoledo. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/world/europe/among-cardinals-deep-divisions-over-next-pope.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">"Before Smoke Rises at Vatican, It's Romans vs. the Reformers,"</a> <i>New York Times.</i> March 11, 2013; Ivereigh, Austen. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.osvdailytake.com/2013/03/ivereigh-in-rome-does-cardinal.html">"Does cardinal confusion spell a long conclave?"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130316114559/http://www.osvdailytake.com/2013/03/ivereigh-in-rome-does-cardinal.html">Archived</a> 2013-03-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Our Sunday Visitor</i>. 11 March By Austen Ivereigh; excerpt, "A former communications director to the Archbishop emeritus of Westminster (England), Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Cormac_Murphy-O%27Connor" title="Cormac Murphy-O'Connor">Cormac Murphy-O'Connor</a>, he accompanied the cardinal to Rome in 2005 for the funeral of Pope John Paul II and election of Pope Benedict XVI"; retrieved 2013-3-12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Collins, Michael The Vatican: Secrets and Treasures of the Holy City DK New York 2011 page 78</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Note on <a href="/wiki/Ordinal_number" title="Ordinal number">ordinal numbering</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Pope Benedict (disambiguation)">Popes Benedict</a> XI–XVI are really the 10th–15th popes with that name. This is because Benedict X is now <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/parse" class="extiw" title="wikt:parse">parsed</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Antipope" title="Antipope">antipope</a>; but during the reign of Benedict XI, this was not recognized. The "true" or actual fifteenth pope Benedict identifies himself with the ordinal number XVI. In other words, the numbering of popes after the 10th Benedict needs to be explained -- compare <a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Pope Boniface (disambiguation)">Popes Boniface</a> VIII–IX.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-renounce-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-renounce_14-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Benedict XVI, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2013/february/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20130211_declaratio_en.html">"<i>Declaratio</i>" (Declaration) at Vatican.va,</a> 11 February 2012; retrieved 2012-2-11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-renounce_la-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-renounce_la_15-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2013/february/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20130211_declaratio_lt.html">"Original declaration in Latin, Holy See"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Original+declaration+in+Latin%2C+Holy+See&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vatican.va%2Fholy_father%2Fbenedict_xvi%2Fspeeches%2F2013%2Ffebruary%2Fdocuments%2Fhf_ben-xvi_spe_20130211_declaratio_lt.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3APope+Benedict+XVI" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-resignCNN-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-resignCNN_16-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFMessia,_Hada2013" class="citation web cs1">Messia, Hada (February 11, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/11/world/europe/pope-benedict-resignation/?hpt=hp_t1">"Pope Benedict to resign at the end of the month, Vatican says"</a>. CNN<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 11,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pope+Benedict+to+resign+at+the+end+of+the+month%2C+Vatican+says&rft.pub=CNN&rft.date=2013-02-11&rft.au=Messia%2C+Hada&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2013%2F02%2F11%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fpope-benedict-resignation%2F%3Fhpt%3Dhp_t1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3APope+Benedict+XVI" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/28/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-very-sick-says-pope-francis">"Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 'very sick', says Pope Francis"</a>. <i>the Guardian</i>. 28 December 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 December</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=the+Guardian&rft.atitle=Pope+Emeritus+Benedict+XVI+%27very+sick%27%2C+says+Pope+Francis&rft.date=2022-12-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2022%2Fdec%2F28%2Fpope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-very-sick-says-pope-francis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3APope+Benedict+XVI" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64107731">"Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95"</a>. <i>BBC</i>. 31 December 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 December</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBC&rft.atitle=Former+Pope+Benedict+XVI+dies+at+95&rft.date=2022-12-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-europe-64107731&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3APope+Benedict+XVI" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm">WorldCat Identities</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-ratzinger,%20joseph">Ratzinger, Joseph </a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pope Benedict XVI Introduction to Christianity Ignatius Press San Francisco 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">WorldCat Identities, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-106175">Benedict XVI Pope 1927- </a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pope Benedict XVI Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration Volume 1 Doubleday a division of Random House, Inc New York 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pope Benedict XVI Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam Basic Books 2006</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_websites">Other websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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<br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Evaristus" title="Pope Evaristus">Evaristus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_I" title="Pope Alexander I">Alexander I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_I" title="Pope Sixtus I">Sixtus I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Telesphorus" title="Pope Telesphorus">Telesphorus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Hyginus" title="Pope Hyginus">Hyginus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_I" title="Pope Pius I">Pius I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anicetus" title="Pope Anicetus">Anicetus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Soter" title="Pope Soter">Soter</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eleuterus" title="Pope Eleuterus">Eleuterus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Victor_I" title="Pope Victor I">Victor I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Zephyrinus" title="Pope Zephyrinus">Zephyrinus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_I" title="Pope Callixtus I">Callixtus I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_I" title="Pope Urban I">Urban I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pontian" title="Pope Pontian">Pontian</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anterus" title="Pope Anterus">Anterus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Fabian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Fabian">Fabian</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Cornelius" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Cornelius">Cornelius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Lucius_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Lucius I">Lucius I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Stephen I">Stephen I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sixtus II">Sixtus II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Dionysius" title="Pope Dionysius">Dionysius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Felix_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Felix I">Felix I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eutychian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Eutychian">Eutychian</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Caius" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Caius">Caius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Marcellinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Marcellinus">Marcellinus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Marcellus_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Marcellus I">Marcellus I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eusebius" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Eusebius">Eusebius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Miltiades" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Miltiades">Miltiades</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sylvester I">Sylvester I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Mark" title="Pope Mark">Mark</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;;;;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Julius_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Julius I">Julius I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Liberius" title="Pope Liberius">Liberius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Damasus_I" title="Pope Damasus I">Damasus I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Siricius" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Siricius">Siricius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anastasius_I" title="Pope Anastasius I">Anastasius I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Innocent I">Innocent I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Zosimus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Zosimus">Zosimus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Boniface I">Boniface I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Celestine_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Celestine I">Celestine I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sixtus III">Sixtus III</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_I" title="Pope Leo I">Leo I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Hilarius" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Hilarius">Hilarius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Simplicius" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Simplicius">Simplicius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Felix_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Felix III">Felix III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gelasius_I" title="Pope Gelasius I">Gelasius I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anastasius_II" title="Pope Anastasius II">Anastasius II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Symmachus" title="Pope Symmachus">Symmachus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Hormisdas" title="Pope Hormisdas">Hormisdas</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_I" title="Pope John I">John I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Felix_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Felix IV">Felix IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Boniface II">Boniface II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John II">John II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Agapetus_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Agapetus I">Agapetus I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Silverius" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Silverius">Silverius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Vigilius" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Vigilius">Vigilius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pelagius_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Pelagius I">Pelagius I</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John III">John III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Benedict I">Benedict I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pelagius_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Pelagius II">Pelagius II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Gregory I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sabinian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sabinian">Sabinian</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Boniface III">Boniface III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Boniface IV">Boniface IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adeodatus_I" title="Pope Adeodatus I">Adeodatus I</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;;;;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_V" title="Pope Boniface V">Boniface V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Honorius_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Honorius I">Honorius I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Severinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Severinus">Severinus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John IV">John IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Theodore_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Theodore I">Theodore I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Martin_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Martin I">Martin I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eugene_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Eugene I">Eugene I</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Vitalian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Vitalian">Vitalian</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adeodatus_II" title="Pope Adeodatus II">Adeodatus II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Donus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Donus">Donus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Agatho" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Agatho">Agatho</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_II" title="Pope Leo II">Leo II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Benedict II">Benedict II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John V">John V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Conon" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Conon">Conon</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sergius_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sergius I">Sergius I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John VI">John VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_VII" title="Pope John VII">John VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sisinnius" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sisinnius">Sisinnius</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Constantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Constantine">Constantine</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_II" title="Pope Gregory II">Gregory II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_III" title="Pope Gregory III">Gregory III</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Zachary" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Zachary">Zachary</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Stephen II">Stephen II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_I" title="Pope Paul I">Paul I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Stephen III">Stephen III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adrian_I" title="Pope Adrian I">Adrian I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_III" title="Pope Leo III">Leo III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_IV" title="Pope Stephen IV">Stephen IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paschal_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Paschal I">Paschal I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eugene_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Eugene II">Eugene II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Valentine" title="Pope Valentine">Valentine</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_IV" title="Pope Gregory IV">Gregory IV</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;;;;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sergius_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sergius II">Sergius II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_IV" title="Pope Leo IV">Leo IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Benedict III">Benedict III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Nicholas I">Nicholas I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adrian_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Adrian II">Adrian II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John VIII">John VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Marinus_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Marinus I">Marinus I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adrian_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Adrian III">Adrian III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Stephen V">Stephen V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Formosus" title="Pope Formosus">Formosus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VI" title="Pope Boniface VI">Boniface VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_VI" title="Pope Stephen VI">Stephen VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Romanus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Romanus">Romanus</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Theodore_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Theodore II">Theodore II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_IX" title="Pope John IX">John IX</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Benedict IV">Benedict IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Leo V">Leo V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sergius_III" title="Pope Sergius III">Sergius III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anastasius_III" title="Pope Anastasius III">Anastasius III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Lando" title="Pope Lando">Lando</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John X">John X</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_VI" title="Pope Leo VI">Leo VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_VII" title="Pope Stephen VII">Stephen VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John XI">John XI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_VII" title="Pope Leo VII">Leo VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Stephen VIII">Stephen VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Marinus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Marinus II">Marinus II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Agapetus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Agapetus II">Agapetus II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John XII">John XII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_V" title="Pope Benedict V">Benedict V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Leo VIII">Leo VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John XIII">John XIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Benedict VI">Benedict VI</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;;;;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Benedict VII">Benedict VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XIV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John XIV">John XIV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XV" title="Pope John XV">John XV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_V" title="Pope Gregory V">Gregory V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sylvester II">Sylvester II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XVII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John XVII">John XVII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XVIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John XVIII">John XVIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sergius_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sergius IV">Sergius IV</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_VIII" title="Pope Benedict VIII">Benedict VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XIX" title="Pope John XIX">John XIX</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_IX" title="Pope Benedict IX">Benedict IX</a><sup>a</sup> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Sylvester III">Sylvester III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_IX" title="Pope Benedict IX">Benedict IX</a><sup>a</sup> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VI" title="Pope Gregory VI">Gregory VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_II" title="Pope Clement II">Clement II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_IX" title="Pope Benedict IX">Benedict IX</a><sup>a</sup> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Damasus_II" title="Pope Damasus II">Damasus II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_IX" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Leo IX">Leo IX</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Victor_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Victor II">Victor II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_IX" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Stephen IX">Stephen IX</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Nicholas II">Nicholas II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_II" title="Pope Alexander II">Alexander II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII" title="Pope Gregory VII">Gregory VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Victor_III" title="Pope Victor III">Victor III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Urban II">Urban II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paschal_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Paschal II">Paschal II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gelasius_II" title="Pope Gelasius II">Gelasius II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_II" title="Pope Callixtus II">Callixtus II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Honorius_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Honorius II">Honorius II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Innocent II">Innocent II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Celestine_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Celestine II">Celestine II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Lucius_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Lucius II">Lucius II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eugene_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Eugene III">Eugene III</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;;;;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anastasius_IV" title="Pope Anastasius IV">Anastasius IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adrian_IV" title="Pope Adrian IV">Adrian IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_III" title="Pope Alexander III">Alexander III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Lucius_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Lucius III">Lucius III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Urban III">Urban III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VIII" title="Pope Gregory VIII">Gregory VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Clement III">Clement III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Celestine_III" title="Pope Celestine III">Celestine III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III" title="Pope Innocent III">Innocent III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Honorius_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Honorius III">Honorius III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_IX" title="Pope Gregory IX">Gregory IX</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Celestine_IV" title="Pope Celestine IV">Celestine IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_IV" title="Pope Innocent IV">Innocent IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_IV" title="Pope Alexander IV">Alexander IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_IV" title="Pope Urban IV">Urban IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Clement IV">Clement IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Gregory X">Gregory X</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_V" title="Pope Innocent V">Innocent V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adrian_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Adrian V">Adrian V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXI" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John XXI">John XXI</a><sup>b</sup> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Nicholas III">Nicholas III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Martin_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Martin IV">Martin IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Honorius_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Honorius IV">Honorius IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Nicholas IV">Nicholas IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Celestine_V" title="Pope Celestine V">Celestine V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VIII" title="Pope Boniface VIII">Boniface VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XI" title="Pope Benedict XI">Benedict XI</a><sup>b</sup> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_V" title="Pope Clement V">Clement V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John XXII">John XXII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XII" title="Pope Benedict XII">Benedict XII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_VI" title="Pope Clement VI">Clement VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VI" title="Pope Innocent VI">Innocent VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_V" title="Pope Urban V">Urban V</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;;;;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XI" title="Pope Gregory XI">Gregory XI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_VI" title="Pope Urban VI">Urban VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_IX" title="Pope Boniface IX">Boniface IX</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VII" title="Pope Innocent VII">Innocent VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XII" title="Pope Gregory XII">Gregory XII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Martin_V" title="Pope Martin V">Martin V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eugene_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Eugene IV">Eugene IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Nicholas V">Nicholas V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_III" title="Pope Callixtus III">Callixtus III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_II" title="Pope Pius II">Pius II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_II" title="Pope Paul II">Paul II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_IV" title="Pope Sixtus IV">Sixtus IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VIII" title="Pope Innocent VIII">Innocent VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VI" title="Pope Alexander VI">Alexander VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_III" title="Pope Pius III">Pius III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Julius_II" title="Pope Julius II">Julius II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_X" title="Pope Leo X">Leo X</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adrian_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Adrian VI">Adrian VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_VII" title="Pope Clement VII">Clement VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_III" title="Pope Paul III">Paul III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Julius_III" title="Pope Julius III">Julius III</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Marcellus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Marcellus II">Marcellus II</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_IV" title="Pope Paul IV">Paul IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IV" title="Pope Pius IV">Pius IV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_V" title="Pope Pius V">Pius V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIII" title="Pope Gregory XIII">Gregory XIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_V" title="Pope Sixtus V">Sixtus V</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_VII" title="Pope Urban VII">Urban VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Gregory XIV">Gregory XIV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_IX" title="Pope Innocent IX">Innocent IX</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Clement VIII">Clement VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XI" title="Pope Leo XI">Leo XI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_V" title="Pope Paul V">Paul V</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;;;;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Gregory XV">Gregory XV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_VIII" title="Pope Urban VIII">Urban VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_X" title="Pope Innocent X">Innocent X</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Alexander VII">Alexander VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_IX" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Clement IX">Clement IX</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Clement X">Clement X</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XI" title="Pope Innocent XI">Innocent XI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Alexander VIII">Alexander VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XII" title="Pope Innocent XII">Innocent XII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Clement XI">Clement XI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XIII" title="Pope Innocent XIII">Innocent XIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIII" title="Pope Benedict XIII">Benedict XIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Clement XII">Clement XII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV" title="Pope Benedict XIV">Benedict XIV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_XIII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Clement XIII">Clement XIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_XIV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope Clement XIV">Clement XIV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI" title="Pope Pius VI">Pius VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_VII" title="Pope Pius VII">Pius VII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XII" title="Pope Leo XII">Leo XII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_VIII" title="Pope Pius VIII">Pius VIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XVI" title="Pope Gregory XVI">Gregory XVI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pius IX</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Leo XIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_X" title="Pope Pius X">Pius X</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XV" title="Pope Benedict XV">Benedict XV</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI" title="Pope Pius XI">Pius XI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pius XII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII" title="Pope John XXIII">John XXIII</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Paul VI</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I" title="Pope John Paul I">John Paul I</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul 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