Benedict XVI, the former pope who spent years in the Vatican upholding conservative Catholic teaching but who upended centuries of tradition by resigning as pontiff, has died. He was 95.
The German-born Benedict was elected by fellow cardinals on April 19, 2005. He spent his eight-year papacy trying to turn back the rising tide of secularism in Europe and defending the church's response to widespread allegations of clerical sexual abuse.
He resigned in 2013 and lived out his final years in a monastery at the Vatican.
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