Questions tagged [benedict-xvi]
Pope of the Catholic Church (2005–13), born Joseph Ratzinger
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Where did Pope Benedict XVI want to move the Sign of Peace to in the Mass?
About an hour into Matt Fradd's 6 hour podcast with Jimmy Akin, Jimmy says that Pope Benedict XVI wanted to move the sign of peace from its current placement in the Mass to another place. Where did he ...
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Clarification of the 2007 letter of Pope Benedict XVI to bishops on the liturgy
The following excerpt was copied and pasted from the following webpage on the Corpus Christi Watershed website: More on the subject of “Mutual Enrichment” :
A letter of Pope Benedict XVI to bishops, ...
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The matter of Pope Benedictus XVI and Nazism?
I am here trying to find sources about Pope Benedictus XVI and his history with Nazism. I don't really have a question, but I thought this would be a great place to find resources on this subject from ...
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What is the implication of "munus"?
In the Declaratio, Pope Emeritus Benedictus XVI renounced the exercise of the munus, but not the munus itself. So what is the munus and what are the implications of the renunciation of the exercise ...
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How many theologians were censured under popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis?
This question contains three parts:
How many theologians were censured under Pope John Paul II? (1978-2005)
How many theologians were censured under Pope Benedict XVI? (2005-2013)
How many ...
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What was the hour of the Annunciation?
I'm reading Benedict XVI's "Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives" and he indicates how Gabriel appeared to Zachariah in the evening. Also Gabriel appears to Daniel (Dn 9, 21) at the same hour:
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Is the Pope Emeritus infallible?
Currently the Catholic Church has a Pope Emeritus (Benedict XVI). This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first time that such position has existed. There have been and still are plenty of bishop ...
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What does it mean when Archbishop Ganswein stated that Pope Benedict XVI expanded the Petrine Ministry?
Archbishop Gänswein: "Benedict XVI Sees Resignation as Expanding Petrine Ministry".
In a speech reflecting on Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate, Archbishop Georg Gänswein has confirmed the existence of ...
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Popes Benedict XVI or Pope St. John Paul II on the subject of the Antichrist and the end times?
Has Pope Benedict XVI or Pope St. John Paul II written anything extensively (or even informally supported any author) on the subject of the Antichrist and the end times?
The Catechism of the Catholic ...
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Are Catholics not supposed to pray the St. Michael Prayer?
I was looking up exorcism stuff on the Vatican website and stumbled across this from (then) Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI)
From these prescriptions it follows that it is not even ...
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Looking for the source of a Cardinal Ratzinger quote regarding the liturgy
Several years ago, I remember reading the statement of Cardinal Ratzinger in which the Cardinal stated (in essence) that he desired that those who use the Tridentine form of the Mass would use the ...
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Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis and the Prophecy of the Popes?
While reading the Prophecy of the Popes, I noticed that the entry for the 111 Pope in the series reads: Glory of the olive (Gloria oliviae).
Wikipedia's article on this subject states:
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What does "he finds his truth" mean in Pope Benedict's Caritas in Veritate?
While I was reading Caritas in Veritate, an encyclical letter by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, I found this fragment:
Love — caritas — is an extraordinary force which leads people to opt for ...
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Why do Catholics teach that Catholics go to hell if they die in a state of mortal sin, but teach some Protestants may go to Purgatory/Heaven?
I have heard, according to Roman Catholic professors and dogma, that if we die with a mortal sin on our soul we will go to hell. However, didn't Pope Benedict XVI say that Protestants can achieve ...
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Doctrine of biblical inerrancy and Pope Benedict XVI questioning the historicity of passage in the Gospel of Matthew?
"In his 2011 book, Pope Benedict XVI, besides repudiating placing blame on the Jewish people, questioned the historicity of the passage found only in the Gospel of Matthew which has the crowd saying, "...
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