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List Of Pastoral Visits Of Pope Benedict XVI
With an average of three foreign journeys per year from 2006 to 2009, Pope Benedict XVI was as active in visiting other countries as his predecessor, John Paul II, was at the same age from 1999 to 2002. Pope Benedict was more active since then, however, making five foreign journeys each in both 2010 and 2011, significantly more than the six total trips made by Pope John Paul II at the same age in 2003 and 2004. As of the 2012 apostolic journey to Mexico and Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI was older than Pope John Paul II was at the time of his death, as well as being the oldest Pope to travel to Africa, Asia (including the Middle East), and Australia. Most of these trips involved the Pope giving speeches on issues that play an important role in the region that he visited, especially on education, contraceptives, abortion, and what it means to be Catholic. Journeys outside Italy 2005 * Germany (August 18 to August 21, 2005) :The Pope arrived in Germany on August 18 to participate in t ...
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Benedict XVI Overseas Visits
Benedict may refer to: People Names *Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name *Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname Religious figures *Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Church from 2 June 575 to his death in 579 *Pope Benedict II (635–685), also a saint *Pope Benedict III (died 858), head of the Catholic Church from 29 September 855 to his death in 858 *Pope Benedict IV (died 903), head of the Catholic Church from 1 February 900 to his death in 903 *Pope Benedict V (died 965), head of the Catholic Church from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Pope Leo VIII *Pope Benedict VI (died 974), head of the Catholic Church from 19 January 973 to his death in 974 *Pope Benedict VII (died 983), head of the Catholic Church from October 974 to his death in 983 *Pope Benedict VIII (died 1024), head of the Catholic Church from 18 May 1012 to his death in 1024 *Pope Benedict IX (c. 1010–1056), in Rome, was the head o ...
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Synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worship. Synagogues have a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels), where Jews attend religious Services or special ceremonies (including Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs or Bat Mitzvahs, Confirmations, choir performances, or even children's plays), have rooms for study, social hall(s), administrative and charitable offices, classrooms for religious school and Hebrew school, sometimes Jewish preschools, and often have many places to sit and congregate; display commemorative, historic, or modern artwork throughout; and sometimes have items of some Jewish historical significance or history about the Synagogue itself, on display. Synagogues are consecrated spaces used for the purpose of Jewish prayer, study, assembly, and r ...
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Częstochowa
Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (administrative division) since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998). However, Częstochowa is historically part of the Lesser Poland region, not of Silesia, and before 1795, it belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship. Częstochowa is located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is the largest economic, cultural and administrative hub in the northern part of the Silesian Voivodeship. The city is known for the famous Pauline monastery of Jasna Góra, which is the home of the Black Madonna painting, a shrine to the Virgin Mary. Every year, millions of pilgrims from all over the world come to Częstochowa to see it. The city also was home to the Jewish Frankist movement in the late 18th and the 19th ...
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Piłsudski Square
Piłsudski Square ( pl, plac marsz. Józefa Piłsudskiego), previously Victory Square (''plac Zwycięstwa'', 1946–1990) and Saxon Square (''Plac Saski'', 1814–1928), is the largest city square of Poland's capital, located in the Warsaw city centre. The square is named for Marshal Józef Piłsudski who was instrumental in the restoration of Polish statehood after World War I.Strona placu Józefa Piłsudskiego.
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Over the centuries, the square has been named successively as Saxon Square (''Plac Saski'') after Poland's Saxon kings with the standing adjacent to the square, but destroyed in World War II; then Piłsudski Square (after

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Presidential Palace, Warsaw
The Presidential Palace (Polish language, Polish: ''Pałac Prezydencki'') is the official residence of the Polish List of heads of state of Poland, head of state and president alongside the Belweder Palace, located in Warsaw, Poland. Originally constructed in 1643 as an aristocratic mansion, it was rebuilt and remodelled several times over the course of its existence by notable architects. The current neoclassical architecture, neoclassical palace was completed in 1818. Throughout its history, the palace was a venue for important historical events in Polish, European, and world history. In 1791, the facility hosted authors and advocates of the Constitution of May 3, 1791, the first modern European constitution. In 1818, the palace began its ongoing career as a governmental structure when it became the seat of the Viceroy (Namiestnik of the Kingdom of Poland, ''namiestnik'') of Congress Poland. Following Poland's resurrection after World War I, in 1918, the building was taken over ...
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Katedra św
Katedra (cathedral in Polish, in Lithuanian) can refer to: * ''The Cathedral'' (2002 film), a short animated movie by Tomasz Bagiński * Chair (academic department) {{unreferenced, date=November 2016 Chair (Latin ''cathedra'', Greek ''kathedra'', "seat", Polish ''katedra'') is an equivalent of an academic department in Poland, Russia and the Czech Republic, a division of a university or school faculty devoted ..., a type of a university department in Poland * Katedra (band), a Lithuanian heavy metal band {{Disambiguation ...
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Polish Language
Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In addition to being the official language of Poland, it is also used by the Polish diaspora. There are over 50 million Polish speakers around the world. It ranks as the sixth most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects and maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (''ą'', ''ć'', ''ę'', ''ł'', ''ń'', ''ó'', ''ś'', ''ź'', ''ż'') to the letters of the basic 26-letter Latin alphabet, while removing three (x, q, v). Those three letters are at times included in an extended 35-letter alphabet, although they are not used in native words. The traditional ...
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Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ...
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Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport ( pl, Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie, ) is an international airport in the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland. It is Poland's busiest airport with 18.9 million passengers in 2019, thus handling approximately 40% of the country's total air passenger traffic. The airport is a central hub for LOT Polish Airlines as well as a base for Enter Air and Wizz Air. Warsaw Chopin Airport covers of land and handles approximately 300 scheduled flights daily, including a substantial number of charters. London, Kyiv, Frankfurt, Paris, and Amsterdam are the busiest international connections, while Kraków, Wrocław, and Gdańsk are the most popular domestic ones."Dokładnie 72 lata temu otwarto lotnisko Okęc ...
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Benedict XVI Poland 10
Benedict may refer to: People Names *Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname Religious figures *Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Church from 2 June 575 to his death in 579 * Pope Benedict II (635–685), also a saint * Pope Benedict III (died 858), head of the Catholic Church from 29 September 855 to his death in 858 *Pope Benedict IV (died 903), head of the Catholic Church from 1 February 900 to his death in 903 * Pope Benedict V (died 965), head of the Catholic Church from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Pope Leo VIII * Pope Benedict VI (died 974), head of the Catholic Church from 19 January 973 to his death in 974 * Pope Benedict VII (died 983), head of the Catholic Church from October 974 to his death in 983 *Pope Benedict VIII (died 1024), head of the Catholic Church from 18 May 1012 to his death in 1024 *Pope Benedict IX (c. 1010–1056), in Rome, was the ...
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in April 2005, and was later canonised as Pope Saint John Paul II. He was elected pope by the second papal conclave of 1978, which was called after John Paul I, who had been elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI, died after 33 days. Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted the name of his predecessor in tribute to him. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century and the second-longest-serving pope after Pius IX in modern history. John Paul II attempted to improve the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. He maintained the church's previous positions on such matters as abortion, artificia ...
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Marienfeld
Marienfeld is a large (2.6 km² / 640 acres) grassy field on the reclaimed site of a former open-pit lignite mine about south-west of Cologne Cathedral in the city of Cologne, Germany, straddling the towns of Frechen and Kerpen. The mine area was named ''Marienfeld'' (German: ''Mary's Field'') and landscaped in order to serve as the site of the Catholic Church's 20th World Youth Day in 2005. Overview Preparations for the World Youth Day began in September 2004. A 10-m (33-ft) ''Pope Hill'' (German: ''Papsthügel'') was constructed since April 2005, so Pope Benedict XVI could be visible amidst an estimated 1 to 2 million visitors when he presided over the festival's concluding Sunday Mass on August 21, 2005. An altar was built at the top of the hill, which was christened the ''Mountain of the 70 Nations'' by Cardinal Meisner, because little pieces of earth were brought from church delegates of 70 different countries. The hill was built by Bilfinger Berger AG, which pou ...
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