• 2005  Beginning of the Pontificate
• 19 April: Anniversary of the Election of His Holiness Benedict XVI
• 24 April: Anniversary of the beginning of the Petrine Ministry of His Holiness    Benedict XVI
• 20,000  Approximate number of books in Pope Benedict’s personal library
• 1927:  Year in which Joseph Ratzinger was born (Biography)
• 563  Number of holy people beatified by Pope Benedict  (See the list here)
• 14  Number of saints canonized during his pontificate  (See the list here)
• 264 Number of pontiffs who preceded Pope Benedict beginning with St. Peter
• (See the list of  Popes here)
• 7 Number of trips Pope Benedict has taken outside Italy as pontiff  
• 2 Number of encyclicals Pope Benedict has released so far: Spe Salvi,
• Deus Caritas Est. (See all documents here) .

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