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April 19, 2005, Joseph Ratzinger, the second day of the
conclave, he was elected pope. In the fourth ballot received 84 of 115 votes.
78-year-old, originally from Germany,
Cardinal, took the name Benedict XVI and became the 265th St. successor. Peter.
After almost 8 years, today, Benedict XVI said that the pontificate will end on
February 28th 2013. Then begins a period of sede Apostolic See. Dean of the
College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano said that the news was a
"bolt from the blue". (33 photos)
First VATICAN CITY, Dec. 7, 2005: Pope Benedict
XVI during the general audience. AFP
Second VATICAN CITY, April 19, 2005: Joseph
Ratzinger, shortly after his election as pope. AFP
3rd VATICAN CITY, April 19, 2005: Pope Benedict
XVI greets the faithful gathered in front of the Basilica of St. Peter. Arturo
Mari
4th VATICAN CITY, Jan. 27, 2008: Pope Benedict
XVI, accompanied by a youth group releases a dove during a Sunday blessing.
(Photo: L'Osservatore Romano Vatican
Pool via Getty Images)
5th VATICAN CITY, Dec. 31, 2009: Pope Benedict
XVI papmobile behind glass. AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE
6th ITALY, Rome,
June 3, 2010: Pope Benedict XVI during the celebration of mass. Filippo
MONTEFORTE
7th GERMANY, Berlin,
September 22, 2011: Pope Benedict XVI during a visit to the Reichstag. AFP
PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN
8th WEST BANK, May 13, 2009:
Pope Benedict XVI in a refugee camp near Bethlehem.
AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO Pizzoli
9th CUBA, Havana,
March 29, 2012: Pope Benedict XVI meets with Fidel Castro. (Photo:
L'Osservatore Romano Vatican-Pool/Getty Images)
10th Italy, Milan,
June 1, 2012: The mayor of Milan,
Giuliano Pisapia, trying to help Benedict XVI during his speech. (Photo:
Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images)
11th VATICAN CITY, June 6, 2007: Pope Benedict
XVI blesses the faithful gathered in St. Mark's Square. Peter. AFP
12th VATICAN CITY, Oct. 18, 2006: Pope Benedict
XVI passing through Piazza San popemobile. Peter. (Photo by Chris Jackson /
Getty Images)
13th GERMANY, Freiburg,
September 25, 2011: Pope Benedict XVI speaks on the tarmac. (Photo: Johannes
Simon / Getty Images)
14th GERMANY, Freiburg,
September 24, 2011: Pilgrim waiting for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI.
(Photo: Thomas Niedermueller / Getty Images)
15th FRANCE, Paris,
16 November 2011: Photomontage showing kissing Pope Benedict and Imam Ahmed el
Tayeb - part of Benetton's advertising campaign. AFP PHOTO / UNHATE BENETTON
FOUNDATION
16th GERMANY,
Marktl, August 31, 2011: The interior of the house where Joseph Ratzinger was
born. AFP PHOTO / John MacDougall
17th GERMANY,
Marktl, April 16, 2010: The so-called. "Pope Beer" sold in a shop in
Marktl. AFP PHOTO DDP / SEBASTIAN WIDMANN
18th ITALY, Les Combes, July 17, 2006:
Pope Benedict plays the piano at his summer residence. Photo: L'Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Pool via Getty Images)
19th MEXICO, Silao, March 25, 2012: Pope Benedict XVI
during his visit to Mexico.
AFP PHOTO / L'Osservatore Romano
20th VATICAN CITY, Jan. 28, 2009: Pope Benedict
XVI during a meeting with employees Medrano circus. AFP PHOTO / Osservatore
Romano / HO
21st VATICAN CITY, Dec. 24, 2012: Pope Benedict
XVI greets the faithful participating in the midnight mass. (Photograph: Franco
Origlia / Getty Images)
22nd VATICAN CITY, Dec. 20, 2010: Pope Benedict
XVI blesses the faithful during the general audience. AFP PHOTO / Alessandra
Tarantino
23rd VATICAN CITY, Feb. 18, 2012: Pope Benedict
XVI during the fourth consistory in Saint Peter's Basilica. Peter. (Photograph:
Franco Origlia / Getty Images)
24th VATICAN CITY, April 6, 2007: Pope Benedict
XVI during a ceremony wielkopiątkowych. (Photo: Vatican
Pool / Getty Images)
25th GERMANY, Berlin,
September 22, 2011: Pope Benedict XVI was greeted by a delegation of the state
during his pilgrimage to Germany.
(Photo: Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
26th USA, Camp
Springs, April 15, 2008: Pope Benedict XVI after
landing at Andrews base. (Photo: Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
27th USA, Washington DC, April 15, 2008: Pope Benedict XVI landed in Washington. AFP PHOTO /
POOL / Osservatore Romano
28th VATICAN CITY, Dec. 29, 2012: Pope Benedict
XVI arrives to pray for the community of Taize. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO Pizzoli
29th ITALY, Rome,
March 21, 2008: Pope Benedict XVI during the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum.
(Photograph: Franco Origlia / Getty Images)
30th VATICAN CITY, Jan. 12, 2010: Pope Benedict
XVI arrives at the weekly general audience. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO Pizzoli
31st ITALY, Rome,
April 10, 2009: Pope Benedict XVI leads the Way of the Cross on Good Friday.
AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON
32nd VATICAN CITY, Feb. 11, 2013: Pope Benedict
XVI announces his resignation from the ministry of the Holy See. AFP PHOTO /
Osservatore Romano
33rd ITALY, Rome,
April 6, 2012: Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful gathered at the Colosseum.
(Photograph: Franco Origlia / Getty Images)
