
Birthday
1927/04/16
Day of death
2022/12/31 (95 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Marktl, Weimar Republic [now Germany]
Also know as
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, Bishop of Rome, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, Papež Benedikt XVI.
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ʔaˈlɔʏzi̯ʊs ˈʁatsɪŋɐ]; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from April 19, 2005 until his resignation on February 28, 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict chose to be known by the title "pope emeritus"...Read more

(2017) Der Unbequeme - Joseph Ratzinger, der Glaube und die Welt von heute
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(2006) Deliver Us from Evil
as Himself (archive footage)
(2012) Die Lage
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(2010) Con Artist
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(1985) Joseph Ratzinger: The Courage to Believe
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(2019) Drawn This Way
as Self - Pope Emeritus (archive footage) (uncredited)

(2016) Hostage to the Devil
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(2011) Francesco und der Papst
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(2012) Love Alien
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(2019) The Two Popes
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(2020) The Accused: Damned or Devoted?
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(2020) Francesco
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(2007) Pope Benedict XVI
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(2011) The Pink Wall
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(2003) Franz Josef Strauß - Ein deutsches Leben
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(2014) Francis: One Year of Pontificate
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(2020) Benedicto XVI: el Papa Emérito
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(2019) Defender of the Faith
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(2007) In God's Name
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(2025) A Farewell to Francis
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(2015) In Their Own Words
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