Benedict XVI succeeded this man as head of the Roman Catholic church in 2005
In 
1984 and 1986, through Cardinal Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI) as 
Prefect of the... [DOC] [TLE] Portal:Pope/Selected biography - Wikipedia [PAR] His leadership of the Catholic Church during World War II and The Holocaust 
remains ... 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic 
Church and ... XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI, born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on 16 
April 1927) ...