Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.

2005 年罗马教皇会议于 2005 年 4 月 2 日教皇约翰·保罗二世去世后召开,选举新教皇。在他去世后,罗马天主教会的红衣主教举行会议并确定了会议的开始日期选举他的继任者。在红衣主教学院的 117 名合格成员中,在教皇约翰保罗二世去世时年龄小于 80 岁的人中,除两人外,其他人都出席了会议。 After several days of private meetings attended by both cardinal electors and non-voting cardinals, the conclave began on 18 April 2005. It ended the following day after four ballots with the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Dean of the College of Cardinals and Prefect of信理部。在接受他的选举后,他采用了本笃十六世的教皇名称。