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AT 75TH BIRTHDAY --- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
celebrates Mass at Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere
April 20, 2002, marking his 75th birthday and 25th anniversary as
a bishop. The cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine
of the Faith, submitted his resignation to Pope John Paul II on
his April 16 birthday, as required by canon law; the pope did not
accept the resignation.
CNS/MAX ROSSI, CATHOLIC PRESS PHOTO
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