Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

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gptkb:Pour_le_Mérite_for_Sciences_and_Arts
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
gptkbp:birthDate 1927-04-16
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Joseph_Aloisius_Ratzinger
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Marktl_am_Inn,_Bavaria,_Germany
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Peter's_Basilica
gptkbp:cardinalDate 1977-06-27
gptkbp:deathDate 2022-12-31
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Vatican_City
gptkbp:elects 2005-04-19
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:papal_election_2005
defense of Catholic doctrine
conservative theology
role in Vatican II
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gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
English
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gptkb:Spirit_of_the_Liturgy
gptkb:God_Is_Near_Us
gptkb:Milestones:_Memoirs_1927–1977
gptkb:Introduction_to_Christianity
gptkb:Salt_of_the_Earth
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author
cathedral
theologian
gptkbp:ordinationDate 1951-06-29
gptkbp:papalName gptkb:Pope_Benedict_XVI
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Maria_Ratzinger
gptkb:Joseph_Ratzinger_Sr.
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Franjo_Šeper
gptkbp:prefectEndDate 2005
gptkbp:prefectOf gptkb:Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith
gptkbp:prefectStartDate 1981
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:resignedFrom 2013-02-28
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Georg_Ratzinger
gptkbp:signature Joseph Ratzinger signature.svg
gptkbp:successorAsPrefect gptkb:William_Levada
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gptkb:Holy_Office
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