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From humble beginnings, Benedict made his mark on faith
- Pope Benedict XVI announced he will resign Feb. 28
- He was born Joseph Ratzinger in 1927
- Ratzinger entered the seminary at the age of 12
BERLIN — When Joseph Ratzinger was 7, he wrote to the baby Jesus — the Bavarians equivalent of writing to Santa — telling him what he wanted for Christmas.
"Dear Baby Jesus, come quickly down to earth," he wrote. "You will bring joy to children. Also bring me joy."
The young boy who would grow up to become Pope Benedict XVI decades later requested a Mass prayer book with parallel Latin and German texts, green robes to wear in a dress-up game of Mass in which he would take the role of priest, and a picture of the sacred heart of Jesus.
"He was destined to be someone who loves the church above everything," said Brennan Pursell, author of the biography, Benedict of Bavaria: An Intimate Portrait of the Pope and His Homeland. "If there were early signs of anything — exceptional intelligence, maturity of interest and a lack of worldly concerns."
Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that
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Ceremonial of Benedict XVI
The ceremonial of Benedict XVI (2005–2013) re-introduced several papal garments which had previously fallen into disuse.
Papal shoes
Pope Benedict XVI resumed the use of the traditional red papal shoes, which had not been used since early in the pontificate of Pope John Paul II. Contrary to the initial speculation of the press that the shoes had been made by the Italian fashion house Prada, the Vatican announced that the shoes were provided by the Pope's personal cobbler.[1]
Papal headgear
On 21 December 2005, the Pope wore the camauro, the traditional red papal hat usually worn in the winter. It had not been seen since the pontificate of Pope John XXIII (1958–1963). On 6 September 2006, the Pope began wearing the red cappello romano (also called a saturno), a wide-brimmed hat for outdoor use. Rarely used by John Paul II, it was more widely worn by his predecessors.
Mozzetta
Pope Benedict XVI also restored the use of all three forms of the papal mozzetta. During his pontificate Benedict wore the winter p
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Camauro
Cap worn by the pope
A camauro (from the Latincamelaucum and from the Greekkamelauchion, meaning "camel-skin hat") is a cap traditionally worn by the pope, the head of the Catholic Church.
Papal camauros are made from red wool or velvet with white ermine trim, and are usually worn during the winter in place of the zucchetto. Like the biretta worn by lower clergy and the mortarboard worn by academics, the camauro derives from the academic cap (the pileus), originally worn to protect tonsuredclerical heads in the cold season. It is often worn with a red mozzetta.
History
The camauro has been part of the papal wardrobe since the 12th century. Until 1464, it was worn by cardinals, without the ermine trim; from that date, the camauro became exclusively a papal garment and cardinals wore the scarlet biretta instead. The papal camauro fell into disuse after the death of John XXIII in 1963. It was revived once only in December 2005 by Benedict XVI. Benedict's choice prompted media comparisons to Santa Claus and Father Christmas;[1]Saint
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