In 2009 he expressed public concern at Pope Benedict XVI's lifting of excommunication of the bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X. Genscher wrote in the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung: " Poles can be proud of Pope John Paul II.

While inspecting the earthquake damage during a 28 April 2009 visit to the Aquila, Pope Benedict XVI visited Celestine's remains in the badly damaged Santa Maria di Collemaggio and left the woolen pallium he wore during his papal inauguration in April 2005 on his glass casket as a gift.

To mark the 800th anniversary of Celestine's birth, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed the Celestine year from 28 August 2009 through 29 August 2010.

Pope Sergius was portrayed by John Goodman in the 2009 film, Pope Joan.

* John C. Moore, Pope Innocent III ( 1160 / 61-1216 ): To Root Up and to Plant ( Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 ).

* In 2009, Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church authored a book, " Have You Seen the One I Love " on Song of Songs.

Historical examples of religious individuals or institutions promoting claims that contradict both contemporary and modern scientific consensus include creationism ( see level of support for evolution ), and more recently, Pope Benedict XVI's 2009 statements claiming that the use of condoms to combat the AIDS epidemic in Africa was ineffective and counterproductive.

The site has been visited many times by the Popes and other senior clergy, including a visit by Pope Benedict XVI in May 2009.

However, it is also possible that this position has not yet been completely overturned, since it was re-asserted in December 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, who accused the mass media of producing " poison " that makes people less sensitive to violence.

In 2009, it was announced that Geffen Records had signed an agreement with the Holy See to produce an album of marian songs and prayers from Pope Benedict XVI.

In May 2009, Pope Benedict XVI held an official visit to Israel.

In 2009, he criticized statements by Pope Benedict XVI, which were of the effect that condom use was unhelpful or even counter-productive in the fight against AIDS.

In 2009, she denounced statements by Pope Benedict XVI claiming that condoms are not an effective method of AIDS prevention ..

He portrayed Pope Pius XII in the 2009 short film, All in the Bunker.

UNAIDS has collaborated with the Roman Catholic Church, especially Caritas Internationalis, in the fight against AIDS, something which materialized in a December 2005 message by Pope Benedict XVI .< ref > Partnerships in civil society </ ref > However, it indicated in a 2009 communiqué that it did not agree that condoms were unhelpful in AIDS prevention .< ref > La Croix article </ ref >

who Pope Benedict XVI canonized on October 11, 2009 as Saint Damien of Molokai.

In February 2009, Pelosi met with her bishop, Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco, and with Pope Benedict XVI as a result of comments made by Pelosi to Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press that many observers felt inaccurately portrayed Church teaching on the subject of abortion and the beginning of life.

Pope has regularly featured in the radio series Old Harry's Game ( 1995 – 2009 ).

In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI denounced belief in witchcraft during a visit to Angola.

In the Philippines, this custom lasts for nine days, starting on December 16 and continuing daily up to December 24, during which Filipinos attend dawn Masses, usually starting at around 4: 00 – 5: 00 am In 2009 Vatican officials scheduled the Midnight Mass to start at 10 pm so the 82 year old Pope Benedict XVI would not have too late a night.

Pope Benedict XVI visited Yad Vashem on 11 May 2009, with the participation of President Shimon Peres and Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin.

On February 12 2009, the conference's leaders met with Pope Benedict XVI in order to re-assert the importance of Jewish-Catholic relations in the wake of the controversy over negationist comments made by Society of St. Pius X bishop Richard Williamson.

* Lorraine V. Murray, The Abbess of Andalusia: A spiritual biography of Flannery O ' Connor ( publisher page ), Saint Benedict Press, 2009

In perhaps the most infamous act of treason in American history, General Benedict Arnold attempted to turn the site over to the British Army in 1780 for a bribe consisting of a commission as a Brigadier General in the British Army and a cash reward of £ 20, 000 ( about $ 1. 3M in 2009 dollars ).

On 2009, he signed a memorandum of understanding with the Holy See and met with Pope Benedict XVI in order to strengthen joint projects and to promote peace and dialogue on a cultural and political level.

On 29 June 2009 Pope Benedict XVI announced that carbon 14 dating of bone fragments in the sarcophagus confirmed a date in the 1st or 2nd century.

On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, Vatican Information Service ( VIS ) and Catholic News Service ( CNS ), announced that Pope Benedict XVI had named the 53-year-old Bishop Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, until then an Auxiliary Bishop ( assistant bishop ) of Quebec ( since 2009 ), as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec and Primate of Canada.

In May 2009, he welcomed Pope Benedict XVI to the West Bank, who supported Abbas ' goal of a Palestinian State.

In 2009, Cohn-Bendit criticised Pope Benedict XVI over his comment that condoms only make AIDS worse.

The 2009 novel Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy takes its title from Housman's poem " Reveille ", and a line from Housman's poem XVI " How Clear, How Lovely Bright ", was used for the title of the last Inspector Morse book The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter.

* UNSG Ban Ki-Moon Lays Wreath Honouring Dag Hammarskjold of 1 October 2009 and UNSG with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

However, these excommunications were nullified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.

The position of the Roman Catholic Church on this matter was further clarified in subsequent encyclicals, such as Quadragesimo Anno, by Pope Pius XI in 1931, Populorum Progressio by Pope Paul VI in 1967, Centesimus Annus, by Pope John Paul II in 1991, and Caritas in Veritate by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.

The government of Niger, in 2009, gave a figure of 18949 km of total roadways.

The ALA gave Allegheny County an ' F ' grade for both high ozone days and high particle pollution days in the period of 2007 – 2009.

In 2011, Wei Da, one of the 2009 triplets born at the zoo, gave birth to triplets.

He is best known for his collaborations with writer Charlie Kaufman, which include the 1999 film Being John Malkovich ( that gave him an Academy Award for Best Director nomination ) and the 2002 film Adaptation, and as the co-writer / director of the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are.

On 13 May 2009, the government gave approval for a £ 25 million scheme to create a smaller visitors ' centre and close the A344, although this was dependent on funding and local authority planning consent.

The Defense Authorization Act of 2009, signed by President Bush, contained a provision that gave veterans and active-duty service members not in uniform the right to salute during the playing of the national anthem.

The Princeton Review's 2009 Green Rating gave the school a 97 out of a possible 99.

On 9 November 2009, Buzzcocks gave a very rare performance on a small balcony overlooking Dame Street in Dublin, for the music viral show BalconyTV.

In 2009, UN spokesmen gave speeches at Church events.

The Second World Summit on the Knowledge Society, held in Chania, Crete, in September 2009, gave special attention to the following topics:

In September 2009 Birgit gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

* In 2009, when the International Organization for Standardization published updated versions of ISO 80000, it gave mixed messages as to whether or not the unified atomic mass unit had been deprecated: ISO ISO 80000-1: 2009 ( General ), identified the dalton as having " earlier called the unified atomic mass unit u ", but ISO 80000-10: 2009 ( atomic and nuclear physics ) catalogued both as being alternatives for each other.

The UK Government gave survivors a grant of £ 20 million, to be distributed through the Thalidomide Trust, in December 2009.

She gave birth to a daughter, Lauren Andrus, on June 27, 2009 in Newport Beach, California.

On October 11, 2009, Prince gave two surprise concerts at the glass-and-iron Grand Palais exhibition hall after visiting the landmark Paris building on the banks of the Seine.

On April 18, 2008, the NBA gave conditional approval for the Seattle SuperSonics franchise to move to Oklahoma City for the 2008 – 2009 season provided the ownership could free themselves from the legal challenges that existed with the City of Seattle with a 28 – 2 vote by its board of owners.

In late 2009 he was invited to be guest speaker at the Pride of Craegmoor Awards, where he gave a speech about his time with his mother and finding a care home.

The victory gave Sampras his 13th Grand Slam title, breaking the record of 12 by Roy Emerson and at that time giving Sampras the most Grand Slam titles in history, until his record was eclipsed by Roger Federer following the 2009 Wimbledon final.

In 2009, she married James Murch, with whom she gave birth to a girl in 2011.

Film critic Leonard Maltin gave the film two-and-a-half stars ( out of four ) in his 2009 movie guide ; he said that the film was " self-indulgent and largely negative ," and that " great show biz moments and wonderful dancing are eventually buried in pretensions "; he also called the ending " an interminable finale which leaves a bad taste for the whole film.

In 2009, Israel overtook Russia as India's biggest arms supplier ; the U. S. even gave Israel approval to sell the Phalcon to India after earlier forcing Jerusalem to cancel a similar deal with China.

A report released in 2009 by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale gave Cap ' n Crunch's Crunch Berries the worst nutritional score of any cereal marketed to children and families.