Pope Benedict XVI
Head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013
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| 2012 | At least 20 clergy and several hundred parishioners from the Church of England were expected to join the Catholic ordinariate. |
| January 2012 | An Anglican ordinariate was launched in the United States, with over 1,300 Anglicans, including 100 priests, applying to join. |
| 2011 | Approximately 60 clergy and 1,000 lay people from the Church of England left to join the Catholic ordinariate. |
| 2011 | Pope Benedict XVI published the book 'Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week', exonerating Jews from historical accusations of responsibility for Jesus Christ's death. He argued that the Temple authorities, not all Jews, were the 'real group of accusers', and emphasized Jesus' death as an act of salvation rather than punishment. |
| 2010 | Pope Benedict XVI planned to visit the Great Synagogue of Rome as part of the Day of Judaism, continuing efforts to strengthen relations between the Catholic Church and the Jewish community. |
| October 2010 | Several Anglican bishops, including John Broadhurst, announced plans to become Roman Catholics under the new ordinariate rules. |
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