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Pope Benedict XVI![]() April 19, 2005 Habemus Papam "We should
not remain as children in the faith, in the state of minors. And what does it
mean to be children in the faith? Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and International Theological Commission, Dean of the College of Cardinals, was born on 16 April 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Germany. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1951. His father, a police officer, came from a traditional family of farmers from Lower Baviera. He spent his adolescent years in Traunstein, and was called into the auxiliary anti-aircraft service in the last months of World War II. From 1946 to 1951, the year in which he was ordained a priest and began to teach, he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Munich and at the higher school in Freising. In 1953 he obtained a doctorate in theology with a thesis entitled: "The People and House of God in St. Augustine’s doctrine of the Church". Four years later, he qualified as a university teacher. He then taught dogma and fundamental theology at the higher school of philosophy and theology of Freising, then in Bonn from 1959 to 1969, Münster from 1963 to 1966, Tubinga from 1966 to 1969. From 1969, he was a professor of dogmatic theology and of the history of dogma at the University of Regensburg and Vice President of the same university. Already in 1962 he was well known when, at the age of 35, he became a consultor at Vatican Council II, of the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joseph Frings. Among his numerous publications, a particular post belongs to the ‘Introduction to Christianity’, a collection of university lessons on the profession of apostolic faith, published in 1968; Dogma and revelation, an anthology of essays, sermons and reflections dedicated to the pastoral ministry, published in 1973. In March 1977, Paul VI elected him Archbishop of Munich and Freising and on 28 May 1977 he was consecrated, the first diocesan priest after 80 years to take over the pastoral ministry of this large Bavarian diocese. Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Paul VI in the consistory of 27 June 1977. Titular churches, suburbicarian see of Velletri-Segni (5 April 1993) and suburbicarian see of Ostia (30 November 2002). On 25 November 1981 he was nominated by John Paul II Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; President of the Biblical Commission and of the Pontifical International Theological Commission. Relator of the 5th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (1980). President Delegate to the 6th Synodal Assembly (1983). Elected Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals, 6 November 1998. On 30 November 2002, the Holy Father approved the election, by the order of cardinal bishops, as Dean of the College of Cardinals. President of the Commission for the Preparation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and after 6 years of work (1986-92) he presented the New Catechism to the Holy Father. Laurea honoris causa in jurisprudence from the Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta, 10 November 1999. Honorary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 13 November 2000. Curial Membership:
Choice of the Name Benedict The choice of
the name Benedict (Latin "the blessed") is significant. Benedict XVI
used his first General Audience in St. Peter's Square, on April 27, 2005, to
explain to the world on why he chose the name: External Links Magazine founded by Cardinal Ratzinger, now Benedict XVI, and others. Contains recent articles by him. Pope Benedict XVI Fan Club http://www.popebenedictxvifanclub.com/index.html The Pope Blog: Pope Benedict XVI http://thepopeblog.blogspot.com Pope
Benedict XVI http://www.ewtn.com/pope/life/index.asp The
Ratzinger Report is a book-long interview with then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
that his friend and former student, Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., says could be
called the “Magna Carta” of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI. http://www.ignatius.com/books/benedictxvibooks/excerptRR.htm
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