{"id":70173,"date":"2026-04-16T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/benedict-xvis-centenary-celebrations-in-2027-will-take-place-in-the-americas-colombia-europe-asia-and-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:10:26","slug":"benedict-xvis-centenary-celebrations-in-2027-will-take-place-in-the-americas-colombia-europe-asia-and-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/benedict-xvis-centenary-celebrations-in-2027-will-take-place-in-the-americas-colombia-europe-asia-and-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedict XVI’s centenary celebrations in 2027 will take place in the Americas, Colombia, Europe, Asia and Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A series of celebrations marking the centenary of Pope Benedict XVI’s birth will take place on four continents, starting on April 16, 2027.<\/p>\n

An international committee for the centenary celebrations, established by the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation, is coordinating the initiative. announced<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Father Roberto Regoli, President of the Foundation and of the Centenary Committee, said, “The centenary of Ratzinger’s birth is an opportunity to fully present his thought and his approach to reality as an important contribution to the current church and cultural debate.”<\/p>\n

“His legacy is the interpretation of the Second Vatican Council, the personal experience of Christ, which becomes the key to all branches of theology, and rationality as the underlying criterion of human reflection on reality,” the priest said. <\/p>\n

Events marking the 100th anniversary of the beloved German pontiff’s birth on April 16, 1927, will take place in several countries in Europe, as well as the US, India, Colombia and Kenya.<\/p>\n

Events around the world<\/h2>\n

On the day of the centenary next April, the fourth volume of texts selected by Joseph Ratzinger\/Benedict XVI “The Future of Faith: The Future of the Church” will be presented to the Holy See at the Embassy of Italy in Rome.<\/p>\n

There will be two events in America next year. On November 3, at St. Mary’s University in Minneapolis, there will be a presentation of Volume 6 of the “Collected Works” of Joseph Ratzinger; And on November 4-6, in the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, a conference will be held on the topic “Joseph Ratzinger and his Sources.”<\/p>\n

On 10-11 July in Bangalore, the Bishops of India will hold a seminar on “Rereading the Theological Journey of Joseph Ratzinger”.<\/p>\n

On September 10, the Peter P\u00e1szm\u00e1ny Catholic University in Budapest, Hungary, will host a study day to mark the presentation of Volume 3 of the complete works of Joseph Ratzinger in Hungarian: “The God of Faith and the God of the Philosophers: Philosophical Reason, Culture, Europe, Society.”<\/p>\n

On September 24-26, the international conference “For the Centenary of Joseph Ratzinger: Paths of Faith, Hope and Charity” will take place at the University of La Sabana in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia.<\/p>\n

On October 14 in Paris, the Coll\u00e8ge des Bernardins, the Acad\u00e9mie Catholique de France, the Institut de France, the magazine “Communio” and the television channel KTO will host an international symposium provisionally titled “Keynote lectures of Joseph Ratzinger\/Benedict XVI in France”.<\/p>\n

The International Congress “The Beauty of the Liturgy” will be held in Almeria, Spain on 28-30 October and will unveil a statue dedicated to Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

In Nairobi, Kenya, a symposium titled \u201cConstellations of Hope: Africa and the Renewal of the Church in the Perspective of Benedict XVI\u201d will be held at Tangaza University on 18-21 November.<\/p>\n

A program with more events will be announced later.<\/p>\n

this story was first published<\/a> By ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language affiliate of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A series of celebrations marking the centenary of Pope Benedict XVI’s birth will take place on four continents, starting on April 16, 2027. An international committee for the centenary celebrations, established by the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation, is coordinating the initiative. announced. Father Roberto Regoli, President of the Foundation and of the Centenary Committee,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[597,1389,4062,21989,5573,21991,3020,513,674,21990],"class_list":["post-70173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bible-news","tag-africa","tag-americas","tag-asia","tag-benedict","tag-celebrations","tag-centenary","tag-colombia","tag-europe","tag-place","tag-xvis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70175,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70173\/revisions\/70175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}