^ Elected pope on April 19, 2005 ^^^ |2005|[[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20051225_deus-caritas-est_en.html|Deus caritas est]]|"God is love."| |2007|[[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html|Spe salvi]]|"Saved by hope"| |2009|[[http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html|Caritas in veritate]]|"Truth in love"|