Benedict XVI: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: CNN - From police officers son to pope: The life of Benedict XVI. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - Who is Benedict XVI? | May 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 12, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 27, 2025 | ||
| Added a cross-reference and top questions. | Oct 22, 2025 | ||
| Added reference to the choosing of a papal name. | May 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Benedict: The pope who resigned from the papacy. | Dec 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Israeli Embassy in Rome - Benedict XVI: Biography. | Oct 29, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 26, 2024 | ||
| Added a photo of Benedict XVI with Pope Francis and mentioned this third papal encyclical. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 30, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 22, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 24, 2023 | ||
| Updated with his death. | Dec 31, 2022 | ||
| Added information about his resignation. | Dec 30, 2022 | ||
| Added information about the 2022 report that accused him of mishandling sexual abuse cases in Munich. | Feb 10, 2022 | ||
| Added cross-references throughout. | Jan 03, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - Benedict XVI - Biography. | Sep 06, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Biography of Pope Benedict XVI. | Jan 25, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 19, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | May 29, 2015 | ||
| Added photographs. | Feb 03, 2015 | ||
| Article revised to mention Benedict's resignation on February 28, 2013, and that he became known as pope emeritus upon leaving office. | Feb 28, 2013 | ||
| Article revised to mention that in early 2013 Benedict announced that he would resign from the papacy at the end of that February. | Feb 11, 2013 | ||
| Article revised to mention media controversy over Benedict's handling of two cases of sexual abuse by priests. | Apr 14, 2010 | ||
| Article revised to mention the January 2009 lifting of the excommunications of four bishops. | Jan 28, 2009 | ||
| Updated to mention Catholic-Muslim Forum at the Vatican. | Nov 17, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 29, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 21, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 27, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 01, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Catholic Information Network - Pope Benedict XVI. | Aug 04, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Catholic Information Network - Pope Benedict XVI. | Aug 04, 2006 | ||
| New article added. | May 12, 2005 |
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