On Apr 24, 2005, Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as Pope Benedict XVI.

On Apr 24, 2005

Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as Pope Benedict XVI.

The German was considered a particularly conservative Pope – quite unlike his successor, Pope Francis.

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