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Why did Pope Benedict XVII become pope?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

there hasn't been a pope Benedict XVII the pope now is Benedict XVI

He was elected by the College of Cardinals, a body of his peers, as our current Pope is the former Cardinal Josef Ratzinger.

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