2007-04-19 16:28:12

Pope Benedict VXI completes two years as the supreme pontiff on 19th April


(19 April 2007) : Pope Benedict XVI completed two years Wednesday as the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, after his election on 19th April in 2005. It was on April 19th that just after 4th ballot of the conclave Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger found consensus among electors. Hundreds of thousands of people waiting eagerly in St. Peter’s Square had their first glimpse of the newly elected Pope as the doors of St. Peter’s balcony opened. The Cardinal who became Pope took the name as Benedict XVI. Greeting the huge mass of pilgrims from the balcony, Pope Benedict XVI said, “Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the Cardinals have elected me, a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord… Two years from then the Pontiff has worked tirelessly in carrying out his work entrusted to him by the Lord. In the joy of the Risen Lord he has moved forward more than 1.2 billion Catholics all over the world, with confidence and God’s unfailing help.








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