Benedict: a brilliant theologian and hardline enforcer who surprised the world by abdicating

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
HIS Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who has actually passed away aged 95, was John Paul II&& s right-hand man, chosen by the College
of Cardinals on April 19, 2005, to prosper him after his 26-year reign
He was the very first German pope in practically 1,000 years
His election, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, at the age of 78, shocked lots of, especially those who had actually accepted a picture of him,
throughout his previous 24 years as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as the hardline enforcer of the church&& s
teaching.