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|name=Pope Benedict XVI
|name=Pope Benedict XVI
|image=Pope Benedict XVI 1.jpg
|image=Pope Benedict XVI 1.jpg
|birth_date=April 16, 1927 (age 94)
|birth_date=April 16, 1927
|birth_place=Marktl, Weimar Republic
|birth_place=Marktl, Weimar Republic
|death_date
|death_date=December 31, 2022 (age 95)
|death_place=
|death_place=[[Vatican City]]
|religion=
|religion=
|spouse=
|spouse=
}}
}}
[[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]], died December 31, 2022 in [[Vatican City]]) 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>
==Early life==
==Early life==