{"slug": "pope-benedict-xvi", "label": "Pope Benedict XVI", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2494", "qid": "Q2494", "description": "265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)", "entries": 13, "years": 10, "span": [1415, 2023], "span_label": ["1415 CE", "2023 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 9}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Benedict XVI"], "related": [{"slug": "vatican-city", "label": "Vatican City", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "pope-john-paul-ii", "label": "Pope John Paul II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pope-francis", "label": "Pope Francis", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pope-gregory-xii", "label": "Pope Gregory XII", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1415, "year_label": "1415 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – Pope Gregory XII officially opens the Council of Constance, and then abdicates. He is the last pope to resign, until Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593286#July–September", "title": "1415", "revid": 1371593286, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Pope Benedict XVI (d. 2022)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370012373#March–April", "title": "1927", "revid": 1370012373, "section": "Births › March–April"}}, {"year": 2005, "year_label": "2005 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Pope John Paul II dies; over four million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him. Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368527363#April", "title": "2005", "revid": 1368527363, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – Vietnam's prime minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng becomes the first leader of the communist nation to meet and hold talks with the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Prime Minister Dũng met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican City in Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1274619012#January", "title": "2007 in Vietnam", "revid": 1274619012, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22: Ghaleb Abdullah Moussa is appointed as the new Catholic Church Archbishop of Algiers by Pope Benedict XVI. El Khabar,", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368801810#May", "title": "2008 in Algeria", "revid": 1368801810, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 - Representing Pope Benedict XVI, Colombian Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos makes a reconciliation offer to the conservative Society of St. Pius X. Hoyos requested the Society respect the Pope's authority, and expected a positive response by the end of the month.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360812551#June", "title": "2008 in Colombia", "revid": 1360812551, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11–15 – Pope Benedict XVI visits the Palestinian territories and Israel. During his visit, the pope condemned Holocaust denials and called for cooperation between the Palestinians and Israelis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357796440#Events", "title": "2009 in Palestine", "revid": 1357796440, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 3", "text": "3 June – Pope Benedict XVI visits the country for 3 days, the first such visit by any Pope in the modern era.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370353881#Events", "title": "2010 in Cyprus", "revid": 1370353881, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – Benedict XVI resigns as pope, becoming the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#February", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 8", "text": "8 November – President Chinchilla met Pope Francis in the Apostolic Palace Library in the Vatican, accompanied by a presidential delegation of thirteen people including the Minister of Communications, Carlos Roverssi; the Foreign Minister, Enrique Castillo; foreign policy chief, Javier Díaz; Deputy Ileana Brenes Jiménez of the National Liberation Party; the Costa Rican ambassador to the Vatican, Fernando Sánchez; the President's personal assistant, Alejandra Fonseca; Secretary of the Governing Council, Marta Monge; the chief of protocol, Ludwig Sibaja; and the President's husband. During their 25-minute meeting, Chinchilla gave the Pope a handmade stole made by indigenous women from Costa Rica. He gave her a copy of the Aparecida Document (the master plan for the New Evangelization in Latin America), and a medal of his pontificate. The President told the Pope that she would not be attending the canonization of Pope John Paul II. Chinchilla, who visited Pope Benedict XVI on 28 May 2012, invited Pope Francis to visit her country (John Paul II visited Costa Rica in 1983).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371679847#November", "title": "2013 in Costa Rica", "revid": 1371679847, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at the age of 95, with his funeral being held in St. Peter's Square, presided over by Pope Francis and Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#December", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – Pope Benedict XVI, 95, German Roman Catholic prelate and theologian (Introduction to Christianity), pope (2005–2013), archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977–1982), cardiogenic shock from respiratory failure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369340474", "title": "Deaths in December 2022", "revid": 1369340474, "section": "Deaths › December"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – The funeral of Pope Benedict XVI is held at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City. The funeral was attended by an estimated 50,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#January", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › January"}}]}