Benedict XVI succeeded this man as head of the Roman Catholic church in 2005
In 2005, when Pope Benedict XVI succeeded John Paul II, there were two ... For 
this man was, first and foremost, an academic theologian - a quiet ... into in his 
native Bavaria - namely that the Roman Catholic Church was... [DOC] [TLE] The Fathers by Pope Benedict XVI  Reviews, Discussion ... [PAR] Pope Benedict XVI carefully explains the stories of early Church fathers, their rich 
.... the third man to succeed the Apostle Peter as Bishop of Rome, and ends with 
... to say that the patrimony discussed here, while unmistakably Roman Catholic, 
belon I .... of the Vatican City State and the head of the Roman Catholic Church.