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      Pope Benedict XVI | His life in pictures

      Pope Benedict XVI, who served as leader of the Catholic church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, has died aged 95. In 2013, he became the first pontiff to resign as head of the Catholic Church since the Middle Ages. The German pope emeritus, whose birth name was Joseph Ratzinger, had been living a quiet life in a former convent inside the Vatican grounds since his shock decision to step down in February 2013. We take a look back at his life in this section.

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      Benedict: a conservative whose papacy was dogged by scandal

      Pope Benedict was cheered by conservatives for trying to reaffirm traditional Catholic identity but liberals accused him of turning back the clock on reforms and hurting dialogue with Muslims, Jews and other Christians.

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