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Early life: 1927–1951	3,370	10,331
Wartime and ordination	5,504	5,504
Encounter with Romano Guardini	1,457	1,457
Pre-papal career: 1951–2005	37	18,731
Academic career: 1951–1977	9,290	9,290
Archbishop of Munich and Freising: 1977–1982	2,482	2,482
Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: 1981–2005	6,922	6,922
Papacy: 2005–2013	472	114,270
Election to the papacy	5,278	5,278
Choice of name	1,915	1,915
Tone of papacy	1,073	13,602
Beatifications	4,934	4,934
Canonizations	7,065	7,065
Doctors of the Church	530	530
Curia reform	2,034	2,034
Teachings	705	26,457
"Friendship with Jesus Christ"	4,737	4,737
"Dictatorship of relativism"	2,999	2,999
Christianity as religion according to reason	2,165	2,165
Encyclicals	6,628	6,628
Post-synodal apostolic exhortation	910	910
Motu proprio on Tridentine Mass	5,871	5,871
Unicity and salvific universality of the Catholic Church	956	956
Consumerism	1,486	1,486
Ecumenism	3,260	3,260
Interfaith dialogue	29	16,361
Judaism	7,195	7,195
Islam	4,375	4,375
Buddhism	793	793
Indigenous American beliefs	1,901	1,901
Hinduism	2,068	2,068
Pastoral visits and security	13,726	13,726
Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church	8,388	19,267
As Archbishop of Munich and Freising	3,946	3,946
Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel	2,536	2,536
Theodore McCarrick controversy	1,627	1,627
Post-papacy	2,770	2,770
Attire	1,528	1,528
Health	4,428	4,428
Resignation	5,942	5,942
Pope emeritus: 2013–2022	21,811	21,811
Death and funeral	78	6,141
Worsening health and death	2,799	2,799
Funeral	3,264	3,264
Titles and styles	4,354	4,354
Positions on morality and politics	41	25,836
Contraception and HIV/AIDS	4,168	4,168
Homosexuality	6,009	9,564
Same-sex marriage	3,555	3,555
International relations	76	8,721
Migrants and refugees	2,160	2,160
China	909	909
Korea	775	775
Turkey	2,894	2,894
Israel	1,048	1,048
Vietnam	859	859
Global economy	2,485	2,485
Nuclear energy	857	857
Personal life	4,096	5,886
Social network use	1,790	1,790
Honours and awards	4,761	4,761
Writings	433	433
Legacy	2,431	2,431
See also	274	274
References	30	30
Further reading	23	4,024
Literature about Benedict	1,102	1,102
Bibliography	435	435
Biographies	2,287	2,287
Documentaries	177	177
External links	4,024	4,024
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Requesting partial or full reversion of this edit [1], per WP:OVERLINK. Thanks, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 20:24, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 22:26, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, JFHJr and Neveselbert. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:12, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Age record[edit]

Benedict had the longest lifespan among popes in nearly 800 years. This needs to be mentioned. --95.24.68.78 (talk) 21:48, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's assuming we're including time as a former pope. GoodDay (talk) 22:17, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Missing alternate perspectives including controversies which can be found with most public figures. Interesting that was left out.[edit]

Namely the critiques in how sexual abuse cases were handled, acknowledged by him or even the alleged accusations. This article is biased. 71.17.81.187 (talk) 14:27, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Could you show some sources? ''Flux55'' (talk) 05:00, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]