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Pope Benedict XVI greets the pilgrims during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 26, 2006. | giulio napolitano / Shutterstock— Joseph Ratzinger is born on Holy Saturday, April 16, in the Bavarian town of Marktl am Inn, Germany, and is baptized on that same day.— Ratzinger makes his first Communion in the parish church of the Assumption of Our Lady on March 15.
Aug. 17 — Benedict visits his native Germany for World Youth Day in Cologne in his first international trip as pope.May 26 — The pope visits the Auschwitz concentration camp during a pastoral visit to Poland.Nov. 30 — The pope visits Turkey, where he prays silently alongside Muslim leader Mustafa Cagrici at Istanbul’s Blue Mosque.May 27 — Pope Benedict pens a letter to Catholics in China.
Oct. 26 — The pope opens the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church at the Vatican.May 8–15 — During an apostolic journey to the Holy Land, Benedict XVI visits Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories, where he calls for cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis.July 7 — Benedict promulgates the encyclicalJuly 10 — The pope receives U.S. President Barack Obama in a private audience at the Vatican.
Oct. 10 — Pope Benedict offers the opening Mass for the special Synod of Bishops for the Middle East.