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.
Pope Emeritus Benedict spends his life enclosed in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, his retirement home, and never emerges to go anywhere.
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.
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.
Joseph Ratzinger attended the elementary school in Aschau am Inn, which was renamed in his honor in 2009.
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.
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 visted the United States in mid-April of 2008.
Roman Catholic AnswerHis Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, is the Vicar of Christ for the Catholic Church. As such, he is the Bishop of Rome, and goes to whatever Church where he is needed. He usually celebrates daily Mass in his private chapel, with the staff. His Cathedral Church is St. John Lateran.
Joseph Ratzinger attended the elementary school in Aschau am Inn, Germany. In the year 2009 the school was named after him.
If you mean the Malachi Pope Prophesy, Benedict was the last Pope. Originally Malachi predicted only 111 future Popes. Benedict was the 111th. The 112th name on the list was added 400 years after the death of Malachi by a Benedictine monk that felt the Church should go 'out' on a more positive note. He added Peter the Roman, not Malachi. So, Peter the Roman is not a valid part of the Malachi predictions.