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Benedict XVI in 2019. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was elected Pope Benedict XVI on 19 April 2005, succeeding John Paul II, who died on 2 April 2005.
At the age of 85 years and 318 days on the effective date of his retirement, he was the fourth-oldest person to hold the office of pope. The move was unexpected, [233] as all popes in modern times had held office until death. Benedict was the first pope to resign without external pressure since Celestine V in 1294. [234] [235]
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.
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)
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 ...
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to a beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you can help by ...
The Vatican announced that Benedict died Saturday at his home in the Vatican at age 95. When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI and was thrust into the footsteps of his beloved and ...
Took control of Rome in 501 and remained pope in fact until he died in 506/08. 6th century. Popes of the 6th century ... Benedict I BENEDICTVS: Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom