Dear readers,
In honor of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, I’ve made this quiz all about the late pontiff.
-H.C. Harold
1) Origins
What region of Germany was Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger, from?
- a) Munich
- b) Bavaria
- c) Saxony
- d) Baden-Wurttemberg
2) Priest
True or false: He and his brother Georg were both ordained priests on June 29, 1951.
- a) True
- b) False
3) Professor
Father Ratzinger taught in colleges and universities from the late 1950s through the late 1970s. What was his expertise in?
- a) Science
- b) Theology
- c) Music
- d) Biblical Languages
4) Vatican II
What was Father Ratzinger’s role at the Second Vatican Council?
- a) Expert assistant to the archbishop of Cologne
- b) Contributed to “Gaudium et Spes”
- c) Official translator
- d) He was too young to have attended.
5) Cardinal
Which pope appointed then-Cardinal Ratzinger as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith?
- a) Pope John Paul I
- b) Pope Paul VI
- c) Pope John Paul II
- d) Pope John XXIII
6) Pope
Which was not one of the encyclicals Pope Benedict XVI wrote during his papacy?
- a) Deus Caritas Est
- b) Spe Salvi
- c) Caritas in Veritate
- d) Evangelium Vitae
7) Resignation
In what year did Pope Benedict XVI make the surprising announcement of his retirement?
- a) 2007
- b) 2010
- c) 2013
- d) 2014
Answers: 1) b, 2) a, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c, 6) d, 7) c
