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What did the Pope Benedict XVI do before he became pope?

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Benedict, as Cardinal Ratzinger, was Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Roman Curia. In the distant past it was known as the Inquisition. He was also the dean of the College of Cardinals.

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He was the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and dean of the College of Cardinals.

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