Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected as Pope under the name Pope Benedict XVI.
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Pope Clement VII excommunicated King Henry VIII of England for his terrible behavior.
Future Pope John Paul II was almost killed by a Nazi truck in Krakow, Poland.
Pope Francis blamed Global warming on 'human selfishness.'
Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit the White House in Washington, D.C.
The longest papal reign began when Pope Pius IX was elected.
