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Joseph Ratzinger (elected as Benedict XVI in 2005). [16] On 2 January 2005, Time magazine quoted unnamed Vatican sources as saying that Ratzinger was a front runner to succeed John Paul II should he die or become too ill to continue as pope.
A conclave was convened on 12 March 2013 to elect a pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who had resigned on 28 February. 115 participating cardinal-electors gathered. On the fifth ballot, [1] the conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. He took the pontifical name Francis.
Of the 115 attending cardinal electors, 4 were cardinal bishops, 81 were cardinal priests, and 30 were cardinal deacons; 48 had been created cardinals by Pope John Paul II and 67 by Pope Benedict XVI; 29 worked in the service of the Holy See (such as in the Roman Curia), 61 were in pastoral ministry outside Rome, and 25 had retired.
The fallout dogged Benedict from the beginning of his papacy. In 2005, his first year as pope, he was accused in a lawsuit of having personally covered up a priest’s abuse of three boys in Texas.
Benedict XVI, the former pope who upended centuries of tradition by resigning as pontiff, has died at 95. Former Pope Benedict XVI, conservative pontiff who was first in 600 years to resign, dies ...
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took effect on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 CET, following Benedict's announcement of it on 11 February. [1] [2] [3] It made him the first pope to relinquish the office [note 1] since Gregory XII was forced to resign in 1415 [4] to end the Western Schism, and the first pope to voluntarily resign since Celestine V in 1294.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. Head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 Pope Benedict XVI Bishop of Rome Benedict XVI in 2010 Church Catholic Church Papacy began 19 April 2005 Papacy ended 28 February 2013 Predecessor John Paul II Successor Francis Previous post(s) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2002 ...