- 2005 Beginning of His 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: is the approximate number of books that were 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)
- 21: Number of saints canonized during his pontificate
- 264: Number of pontiffs who preceded Pope Benedict beginning with St. Peter
- (See the list of Popes here)
- 24: Number of trips Pope Benedict took outside Italy as pontiff
- 3: Number of encyclicals Pope Benedict released: Spe Salvi,
- Deus Caritas Est, and Caritas in Veritate (See first 2 documents here).
Some statistical info about Pope Benedict XVI
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