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A Pope's Progress
The life of Benedict XVI
Habemus Papam
Cardinal Ratzinger becomes Pope Benedict XVI
Spheres of Influence
Drawing on many sources

The New Shepherd
Will the new Pope be able to take up where John Paul II left off?
The Conquest of Rome
An inside look at how Ratzinger won the Papacy
The Turning Point
How the upheavals of 1968 turned a Vatican II reformer into an ardent conservative
What Should He Do?
American Catholics suggest priorities for the new Pontiff
Essay: The Vicar of Orthodoxy
The Pope's dogma is a circular system that's immune to reasoned query

John Paul II
The start of his papacy
[10/30/1978]
John XXIII
The pope behind Vatican II
[11/10/1958]
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FROM THE MAY 2, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2005

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