I question your reading comprehension. Pope John Paul II died. The College of Cardinals then elected Cardinal Ratzinger pope, who became Benedict XVI. Benedict then resigned SEVERAL years later.
Mixing them up is just wrong.
> I question your reading comprehension. Pope John Paul II died. The College of Cardinals then elected Cardinal Ratzinger pope, who became Benedict XVI. Benedict then resigned SEVERAL years later.
I was wrong. I posted the wrong name accidentally. It wasn’t intentionally.