Benedict XVI, whose civil name is Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, was the 265th pope from April 19, 2005, to February 28, 2013, making him head of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of the Vatican City State. Pope Benedict was the second pope after Coelestine V (1294) to voluntarily resign from office for health reasons.
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