Actor · Novel · Writer
Born Apr 16, 1927 · Marktl, Weimar Republic [now Germany]
Active 2007–2022 · Awards: Commander of the Legion of Honour, Bavarian Order of Merit, Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold, Stephanus Award, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University
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…