Photos: The life of Pope Benedict XVI
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MUNICH,GERMANY-SEPTEMBER 10: Pope Benedict the XVI leads an open-air mass for an estimated 250000 Pilgrims on September 9, 2006 in Munich, Germany. The Bavarian capital Munich is one of the most important stations in the life of Joseph Ratzinger, the priest, archbishop and cardinal, who was elected pope on April 19, 2005. Born on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn in the diocese of Passau, Ratzinger grew up within the borders of the archbishopric of Munich and Freising, where he later served as archbishop from 1977 - 1982. (Photo by Alexander Heimann/Getty Images)
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