Yes, he did. He had been conscripted into the German Army towards the end of WWII. He deserted the army when he saw the Allies were about to liberate Germany. He was arrested and held as a prisoner of war by the Allies but quickly released.
Pope Emeritus Benedict spends his life enclosed in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, his retirement home, and never emerges to go anywhere.
Pope Emeritus Benedict spends his life enclosed in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, his retirement home, and never emerges to go anywhere.
Pope Benedict XVI goes by The Enforcer, God's Rottweiler, Bene, The German Shepherd, and Benny 16.
Joseph Alois Ratzinger was his original name.
No - the position and the title go together. I would imagine the current Pope will revert to a former title, such Your Eminence, as he remains a Prince of the Church.
He visted the United States in mid-April of 2008.
Pope Benedict XVI lives in the Vatican and lead the Catholic Church from there. He is currently retired and lives in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican Gardens, near St. Peter's basilica.
I don't believe a pope made that prediction but, rather, St. Malachy who predicted that there will be one more pope after Pope Benedict XVI and he will go by the name of Peter the Roman. What happens after that he does not predict but some say it will signal the end of time.
Joseph Ratzinger attended the elementary school in Aschau am Inn, which was renamed in his honor in 2009.
Joseph Ratzinger attended the elementary school in Aschau am Inn, Germany. In the year 2009 the school was named after him.
The conclave of cardinals that elects the pope are secret so we will never know what was said right after the election of Benedict. We do the first word he said as Pope was "I accept" as he needed to accept the office and the second would be "Benedict" as he was asked which name he would use.
He didn't follow Horatio gates' orders to stay in his tent. He ultimately won the crucial battle of Saratoga.