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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Pope Benedict XVI
|image=Pope Benedict XVI 1.jpg
|birth_date=April 16, 1927 (age 94)
|birth_place=Marktl, Weimar Republic
|death_date
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|religion=
|spouse=
|children=
|alma_mater=
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|office=Head of the Catholic Church
|term_start=April 19, 2005
|term_end=February 28, 2013
|preceded=[[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]]
|succeeded=[[Pope Francis|Francis]]
}}
[[Image:XVI.jpg|right|'''His Holiness Benedict XVI'''|thumb]]
[[Image:XVI.jpg|right|'''His Holiness Benedict XVI'''|thumb]]
His Holiness '''Benedict XVI''' ('''Joseph Alois Ratzinger''', born April 16, 1927, in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]) was the [[Pope]] (2005-2013) of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He succeeded Pope [[John Paul II]]. On February 28, 2013, he resigned the papacy stating that his "strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry."<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/11/pope-benedict-xvi-resigning-on-feb-28-due-to-age-health-reasons-conclave/ Pope Benedict XVI resigning on Feb. 28]</ref>
His Holiness '''Benedict XVI''' ('''Joseph Alois Ratzinger''', born April 16, 1927, in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]) was the [[Pope]] (2005-2013) of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He succeeded Pope [[John Paul II]]. On February 28, 2013, he resigned the papacy stating that his "strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry."<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/11/pope-benedict-xvi-resigning-on-feb-28-due-to-age-health-reasons-conclave/ Pope Benedict XVI resigning on Feb. 28]</ref>