Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, served as leader of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 to 2013. Benedict was elected on April 19, 2005 in a papal conclave. Ordained a priest in 1951 in his native Bavaria, Ratzinger was a highly r
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