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  Pope Benedict IV
Pope Benedict IV Date of birth unknown; died in the summer of 903.
The Popes Benedict from the fourth to the ninth inclusive belong to the darkest period of papal history.
Benedict IV, a Roman and the son of Mammalus, became pope in the first half of 900.
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 BENEDICT IV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Benedict was a Roman, the son of Mammalus.
Pope Benedict was grieved to learn that Winedmar, a henchman of Count Baldwin of Flanders, had murdered Fulk, the excellent archbishop of Rheims.
Benedict IV held a synod in the Lateran Palace.
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 Pope Benedict IV - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Benedict upheld the ordinances of Pope Formosus, whose rotting corpse was exhumed by Pope Stephen VII and put on trial in the infamous "Cadaver Synod" of 897.
He succeeded Pope John IX and was followed by Pope Leo V.
This biography of a Pope is a stub.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Benedict XIV
Benedict decided that the rights of the patriarchate should be divided between the Archbishopric of Görz, in Austria, and that of Udine in the Venetian States.
Benedict abandoned none of the claims of his predecessors, but the liberal use of his powers had no other aim than the promotion of the arts of peace and industry.
The fact that Benedict never raised a Jesuit to the cardinalate is attributed to his hostility to the Society; on the other hand, it must be noted that it was to a Jesuit, Emmanuel Azevedo, that he committed the complete edition of his works (1747-51).
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 Biography – Pope Benedict XIII – The Papal Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Finally, Benedict XIII, by a decree of the 25th of September, 1756, ordered as of precept (in which consists the equipollent canonization) that throughout the Church the office and the Mass of Saint Gregory VII should be celebrated on the 25th of May, as a double.
Benedict XIII, on succeeding to the pontificate, availed himself of an intimacy formed with Cardinal de Noailles during the conclave in which Innocent XII was elected, and since maintained, to induce that cardinal to withdraw his opposition to the bull Unigenitus.
Benedict decided that the Catholic king would never be inclined to allow improper comedies to be performed in his dominions, and absolved the inhabitants from their vow, on condition of their giving an alms to the poor of not less than five hundred dollars.
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 Pope Benedict XVI
He was a close confidant to Pope John Paul II (1978-2005), who appointed him in charge of the Doctrine of the Faith in 1981, the same organisation once known as the Inquisition.
He was elected pope at the age of 78, making him the oldest to be elected since Clement XII (1730-1740).
However, Benedict wrote that he deserted "after" hearing of Hitler's suicide, which was actually when most of the soldiers deserted their posts, especially with the fear of being captured by the advancing Russian troops.
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 Pope Benedict XI
When, in 1303, the enemies of the pope had made themselves masters of the sacred palace, of all the cardinals and prelates only the two Cardinal-Bishops of Ostia and Sabina remained at the side of the venerable Pontiff to defend him from the violence of William of Nogaret and Sciarra Colonna.
Benedict, judging a policy of indulgence to be necessary for the restoration of peace with the French court, absolved Philip and his subjects from the censures they had incurred and restored the king and kingdom to the rights and privileges of which they had been deprived by Boniface.
Benedict XI was beatified in the year 1773.
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 Pope Benedict IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benedict IV (died July 903) was Pope from 900 to 903.
Benedict IV upheld the ordinances of Pope Formosus, whose rotting corpse was exhumed by Pope Stephen VI and put on trial in the infamous Cadaver Synod of 897.
This biography of a Pope or a claimant to the papacy is a stub.
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 History of the Mass (5histort.htm)
The fallout from the pro-Formosus factions and those who were violently opposed the deceased Pope Formosus once more reared their ugly heads as the tenth century began with Pope Benedict IV being elected the 117th in the line of Peter on February 1, 900.
Fortunately a murderer for a pope was not accepted by the clergy or populace and on January 29, 904 Pope Sergius III was elevated to the papacy after he had led an angry mob to the Vatican and overthrew Christopher, imprisoning him.
He was an ambitious pope who seldom slept according to some and according to others dabbled in too many political affairs, siting his confirming the election of a five year old son of a count to an archbishopric.
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 Pope
(Pope Benedict's controversial speech where he spoke about Islam is here) One of the most misunderstood things about the Pope is this "infallibility" thing.
Pope Innocent VII (1484-1492) and Pope Leo X (1513-1521) were from the Borgia and Medici families which were kind of like the Sopranos of the middle ages.
Basically, the biggest reason that the Pope was head of his own country is that it is important that the Church not be interferred with by any other political leaders and if the head of the Church was in a country governed by a political leader it would be vulnerable to outside interference.
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 Pope Benedict XVI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the time of his election as Pope, he had been Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (curial heads lose their positions upon the death of a pope) and was Dean of the College of Cardinals.
Pope Benedict XVI was elected pope at the age of 78.
Pope Benedict's brother, Georg Ratzinger, a priest and former director of the Regensburger Domspatzen choir, is still alive.
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 Pope Benedict XVI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Coat of Arms of Pope Benedict XVI]] Pope Benedict was elected at the age of 78.
Benedict XVI's views appear to be similar to those of His predecessor, Pope John Paul II, in maintaining the traditional Catholic doctrines on birth control, abortion, and homosexuality and promoting Catholic social teaching.
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: :''"Filled with sentiments of awe and thanksgiving, I wish to speak of why I chose the name Benedict.
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 10th Century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He established that the election of the pope had to be approved by the emperor.
His pontificate was brief as it was at the center of the conflict between the party favoring Otto II and the party opposed to the Germans.
He was the first German pope, well before the line of German popes imposed by Henry III (the Black), Holy Roman emperor, in the mid-11th century.
www.italycyberguide.com /History/popes/10th.htm   (1360 words)

  
 Of The Election Of The Pope; And Of Such As Have Usurped The Chair
Benedict XIII, the pope at Avignon, remained obstinate in his purpose, so that neither entreaties nor threats, nor the authority of the council could move him, to submit, or lay down his office, for the tranquillity of all Christendom.
After the death of Pope Nicholas I (the 108th in the Register), information is obtained from Platina, according to the account of various other authors, relative to the condition of the Roman church at that time; namely, that she had no pope or head for eight years, seven months and nine days.
Concerning the apostasy of Pope Anastasius II to the tenets of Achacius, bishop of Constantinople, and, consequently.
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 Interesting Facts
Their continual presence guarantees the preservation of truth when the Pope and Magisterium, who are successors of Peter and the Apostles, issue statements under certain conditions on faith and morals.
According to the legend, an English woman disguised herself as a man and was elected to the papacy as John VIII, between St Leo IV and Benedict III around 850.
Pope John Paul II motto is "De labore Solis" meaning "from the labor of the sun".
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 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of May 8
Benedict was greatly respected by Emperor Constantine the Bearded, who sent him locks of his sons' hair, making them the pope's spiritual sons.
He was elected pope in 608, was responsible for converting the Roman temple of the gods, the Pantheon in Rome, into a Christian church dedicated to Our Lady and all the saints.
Pope Sixtus I in the early 2nd century.
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 Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI was elected pope at the age of 78.
Pope Benedict has confounded the expectations of many in the early days of his papacy by his gentle public persona and his promise to listen.
Upon becoming Pope, Benedict reappointed all former officers of the Roman Curia under John Paul II to new terms, their terms having ended with the papacy.
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 Interesting Facts
The names in Italics without numbers belong to the Popes that have never been acknowledged and are considered to be Anti-popes.
Pope Luciani was the first Pope in history to name himself with a double name.
"This morning, September 29, 1978, the Pope's private secretary, as he usually did, went to look for him in his private chapel, since the Pope was not there the secretary went to his room and found him dead in bed, with the lights still on, as if he was reading".
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 The Pope Benedict XVI Fan Club: Homepage
Benedict did not found a monastic institution oriented primarily to the evangelization of barbarian peoples, as other great missionary monks of the time, but indicated to his followers that the fundamental, and even more, the sole objective of existence is the search for God: "Quaerere Deum."
On St. Benedict of Norcia: "Prefer Nothing to the Love of Christ" translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered before praying the midday Angelus with some 40,000 tourists and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square.
Pope Benedict XVI writes eloquently and persuasively about how one can live as a serious Christian in today’s secular world...
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 The Pope Blog: Pope Benedict XVI: Pope Highlights Ecumenism, Dialogue With Non-Christians
At 11 this morning in the Clementine Hall, Pope Benedict XVI welcomed members of Christian Churches and ecclesial communities, as well as those of non-Christian religions who had come to Rome for the Mass yesterday to inaugurate his pontificate.
I've been searching for transcripts of his remarks today to the other religious leaders and to the German pilgrims, but to no avail.
Pope Benedict will become the longest reigning pope in the year 2036 at the age of 109.
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 Pope Benedict XVI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Newly elected Pope Joseph Ratzinger of Germany waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 19, 2005.
Leftist farmers seek Pope’s intervention on killings (INQ7.net)LEFTIST Filipino farmers are seeking the help of Pope Benedict XVI to pressure the Arroyo government into putting an end to political killings human rights groups say have claimed the lives of hundreds of activists over the last five years.
Pope Benedict XVI: Wounds from clergy abuse run deep (di-ve)VATICAN/MALTA (di-ve news)--October 28 2006 -1550CEST-- Pope Benedict XVI said on Saturday that the wounds from sexual abuse 'run deep' and the church must urgently rebuild confidence and trust damaged by clerical sex abuse scandals.
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 Pope Benedict XII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pope Benedict XII (died April 25, 1342), born Jacques Fournier, was Pope from 1334 to 1342.
He practically made peace with the Emperor Louis IV, and as far as possible came to terms with the Franciscans, who were then at odds with the Roman See.
Benedict XII was a reforming pope who tried to curb the luxury of the monastic orders, without much success.
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 The Episcopal Lineage of Pope Benedict XVI
Consecrated 23 February 1777 at Rome, Church of Santa Maria Regina Coeli, by Bernardino Cardinal Giraud, Archbishop emeritus of Ferrara, assisted by Marcantonio Conti, Titular Archbishop of Damascus, and by Giuseppe Maria Carafa, Bishop of Mileto.
Consecrated 19 March 1743 in the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles, Rome, by His Holiness Pope Benedict XIV, assisted by Giuseppe Cardinal Accoramboni, Bishop of Frascati and Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili.
Consecrated 16 July 1724 in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace of the Quirinal, Rome, by His Holiness Pope Benedict XIII, assisted by Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, O.F.M.Ref., Titular Archbishop of Myra and Nicola Maria Lercari, Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus.
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 St. Pachomius Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Benedict IV, son of a Roman patrician, reigned briefly and uneventfully from 900 until 903.
Benedict crowned Louis III the Blind, the last Carolingian emperor, Holy Roman Emperor.
Some believe that agents of Berengar of Friuli murdered Benedict, but the evidence suggests the pope died of natural causes.
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 PopeBenedictXVI,MeetPopePaulIV
There is no doubt but that this quote belongs to Pope Benedict XVI, who has said on any number of occasions that he takes back nothing of what he had written at any point in his priesthood.
Pope Benedict XVI has championed the errors of ecumenism and religious liberty ceaselessly in the past year, even going so far as to say that the secular state is a necessity, something that even the pagans of antiquity, no less the Church perennially, rejected as destructive of both personal and social order.
Pope Pius XI noted in Mortalium Animos that there is no such distinction between "fundamental" and "non-fundamental" truths of the Faith.
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 Pope Benedict XVI formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
We are deeply grateful to the cardinals for selecting as our universal shepherd Pope Benedict XVI, who is well known not only to Catholics but to the whole world as a man of deep faith matched by a profound intellect.
Excerpt from Pope Benedict XVI - Angelus Message 10/2/05..."The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary, the unique contemplative prayer through which, guided by the Lord's Heavenly Mother, we fix our gaze on the face of the Redeemer in order to be conformed to his joyful, light-filled, sorrowful and glorious mysteries.
Pope Benedict XVI and the Liturgical Reform -- by Helen Hull Hitchcock
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 The Curt Jester: Pope Benedict XVI
I think it is only fitting to celebrate the election of Pope Benedict XVI with a beer held aloft.
However, I've checked the message boards at AOL and all the Catholic Haters are going on and on about him being in the Nazi Youth when he was a kid.
Benedict's logic is actually quite subtle, and so I hope that there will be room for those of us who are a part of a completely dysfunctional Church and looking for unity with the See of Peter.
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 Pope Benedict XIV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini (Bologna, March 31, 1675 – Rome, May 3, 1758), was pope from 1740 to 1758.
He was also responsible, along with Cardinal Passionei, for beginning the catalogue of the Vatican Library.
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