First Modern Pope to Resign, Benedict XVI, Dies at 95<br />He set the Roman Catholic Church on a conservative path<br />Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a retiring German theologian, died on Saturday. He will always be recognised as the first pope in 600 years to retire from his office. <br /><br />On February 11, 2013, Benedict shocked the world by declaring in his usual soft-spoken Latin that he was no longer able to lead the 1.2 billion-strong Catholic Church that he had led for eight years through scandal and neglect.<br />
