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How was Pope Benedict made a pope?

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His Holiness Benedict XVI was, like the majority of his predecessors, elected by the college of cardinals (voting-age cardinals) in a papal conclave in 2005.

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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope April 19, 2005. On 19 April 2005, Cardinal Ratzinger was elected as the successor to Pope John Paul II.
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