Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Pope Benedict XVI (; ; ; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger,, on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. I puta te pōtitanga o Benedict hei pāpa i te
Ko te huihuinga 2005 i muri i te matenga o Pope John Paul II. I whiriwhiri a Benedict kia mohiotia e te taitara "papa emeritus" i tana wehenga.