
Benedict XVI, reluctant pope who chose to retire, dies at 95 – Associated Press
Photo: Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the concluding Mass of the World Youth Day with about one million pilgrims at the Marienfeld, southwest of Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 21, 2005 He was the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps and Mozart piano concertos to the public glare and majesty of