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Benedict XVI was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from to His papacy faced several challenges, including the effects of the scandal .


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He was created and proclaimed Cardinal by Pope Paul VI in the Consistory of 27 June , of the Titles of the Suburbicarian Church of Velletri-Segni (5 April ) and .


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On 27 June , he was elevated to Cardinal (Cardinal Priest) by Pope Paul VI, with the titular church of St. Mary of Consolation (in Tiburtina).


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In February , Benedict XVI shocked Catholic leadership and faithful alike by resigning from his position as pope, the first to do so in six centuries.