RE: Pope Benedict XVI Birth Data per Astrodatabank

[Guest guest]

Jaya

Jagannatha

 

Dear Bipin,

 

Namaste

 

Without

prejudice, I am paraphrasing from “The Economist” that a few months

before Pope John Paul’s death, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope

Benedict XVI is religiousy prejudiced – talking against the Turks (and

Islam). Where do you think this is indicated in his chart?

 

Love,

 

Swee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Bipin Prag

Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:57

PM

 

[Jaya Jagannatha] Pope

Benedict XVI Birth Data per Astrodatabank

 

 

Dear List

 

Hare Krishna

 

For those of you following the election of the new Pope,

here is an AA rating of his Birth data with some biographical information

 

http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/PopeBenedictXVI.htm

 

Regards

 

Bipin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pope Benedict XVI

Birth Data

 

 

 

 

Birth

Name:

 

 

Ratzinger, Joseph

 

 

 

 

Birth

Date:

 

 

4/16/1927 (Apr 16, 1927)

 

 

 

 

Birth

Time:

 

 

04:15 (4:15 AM) MET (-1:00)

 

 

 

 

Birth

Place:

 

 

Marktl,

Germany

 

 

 

 

Latitude

/ Longitude:

 

 

48 N 15 / 12 E 51

 

 

 

 

Rodden

Rating / Source:

 

 

AA / Quoted BC/BR

 

 

 

 

Source

Notes:

 

 

Taeger Collection quotes birth certificate; Bordoni

gives same information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biography

German-born

ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic who was elected Pope on April 19, 2005 at

about 5:50 PM local time at the Vatican, taking the name of Benedict

XVI. He greeted the public from the Papal balcony delivering his blessing in

his first " Urbi et Orbi " speech at 6:48 PM local time according to

the Vatican press office. The Pope has been

a Cardinal since June 27, 1977. Before his ascension to the highest office in

the Roman Catholic hierarchy, he was Dean of the College of Cardinals.

The son

of a police officer from a farming family in Lower

Bavaria, Joseph Ratzinger was drafted into the auxiliary

anti-aircraft service during World War II but deserted. He was subsequently

imprisoned in an Allied POW camp until the end of the war. In 1946 he began

studies in philosophy and theology at the University of Munich.

Ordained as a priest on June 29, 1951, he obtained his doctorate in theology

in 1953. By 1957, he qualified as a university teacher and began teaching. By

1969, he had become a professor of dogmatic theology and of the history of

dogma at the University

of Regensburg. He held

the administrative post of Vice President at the same institution.

In

March 1977, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising, and on May

28, 1977 he was installed in that post. He was elevated to Cardinal one month

later. In 1981 he became Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of

Faith, where he earned the nickname " the Enforcer. " He was elected

Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals on November 6, 1998. Four years later,

on November 30, 2002, he became Dean.

An

academic, a writer, and a professor, he is an intellectual whose conservative

views have stood him in good stead at the Vatican, and he became a primary

advisor to Pope John Paul II. As the health of Pope John Paul II

deteriorated, many speculated that Cardinal Ratzinger would be named Pope

when John Paul II died.

The man

who is now Benedict XVI is considered to be genuinely pious, intellectually

brilliant, blunt, and passionate about the " truth, " a man who has

the courage of his convictions. Despite his conservative and dogmatic views,

he is described as being personally charming and quick-witted, a stimulating

conversationalist, fluent in several languages. His experiences as a young

man during World War II were critical in formulating his ideas about the role

of the Church. After seeing the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis, he argues

that the Church must present an alternative to the state and that the church

must stand for absolute truths. He warns that the Church must not become a

" plaything of outside forces. "

In his

role as Pope Benedict XVI, he is expected to continue hammering home his

conservative views. Many cardinals with more liberal stances have felt the

punitive sting of his ecclesiastic disdain. Church-watchers blame him for a Vatican degree issued during his predecessor's reign

that barred Catholic priests from counseling pregnant teens on any option

other than to raise their children as good Catholics. He is reportedly the

person responsible for forbidding Catholics from sharing communion with

Lutherans at a 2003 ecumenical convention. He has been openly critical of

other religions, calling them " deficient " and sees homosexuality as

an " intrinsic moral evil. "

His

fans say that his role as " guardian of orthodoxy " is the beacon of

light in changing times. One supporter describes him as a " subtle

thinker with a deep understanding of Catholic tradition and a personal touch

he's not often given credit for. "

Regardless

of his personal charm, past accomplishments, doctrinal interpretation or

intellectual brilliance, his job as Pope will be challenging. He will reign

in a global and technical environment that is rapidly changing and in times

that are divisive politically, culturally and religiously. He faces demands

from many of his flock, ecclesiastics and lay people both, who want the

Church to adapt to changing mores about reproductive rights and options, the

place of women, gays, lesbians in the Church, the recruitment of clergy. And

he follows in the shoes of a much-loved predecessor who may have shared

Benedict's doctrinal views but whose benefic demeanor and outreach efforts to

other religions and cultures earned Pope John Paul II exalted status.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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