Pope Benedict XVI Celebrates Five Years of Papacy

(19 Apr 10 - RV) Five years ago today, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected bishop of Rome and supreme pastor of the universal Church, taking the name of Pope Benedict XVI.

The Holy Father today had lunch with the cardinals who reside in Rome to celebrate.

We spoke with Jesuit Fr. Norman Tanner, who is Professor of Church History at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Fr. Tanner says that Pope Benedict has an enormous respect for the papal office and a keen sense of its role in history…