Images: Ratzinger becomes Pope Benedict XVI

POSTED: 09:00 PM PST Feb 10, 2013 

Choosing the name Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected pope on April 19, 2005.

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Ratzinger was the powerful dean of the College of Cardinals, serving Pope John Paul II since 1981.

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