Benedict remembered as humble scholar, not 'God's Rottweiler'

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Critics of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who in 2005 became Pope Benedict XVI and who shocked the Catholic Church by resigning eight years later, called him the "Panzer Cardinal" or "God's Rottweiler" after the pugnacious dog breed.

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