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VATICAN OBIT POPE BENEDICT XVI A LIFE
FILE - Pope Benedict XVI walks away after addressing the crowd from a window of his summer residence Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Feb. 28, 2013. He was the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps and Mozart piano concertos to the public glare and majesty of Vatican pageantry. When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI and was thrust into the footsteps of his beloved and charismatic predecessor, he said he felt a guillotine had come down on him. The Vatican announced Saturday Dec. 31, 2022 that Benedict, the former Joseph Ratzinger, had died at age 95. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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FILE PHOTO
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Rights Managed
Date created
20130228
Place
CASTELGANDOLFO ITALIEN
Credit
KEYSTONE
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AP
Byline
ANDREW MEDICHINI
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2321 x 1388 px
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JPEG