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Pope Francis Mourns ‘Self-Sacrificing’ Cardinal Who Announced Benedict XVI’s Election

THOMAS COEXCardinal Jorge Medina Estevez (c) announces from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Benedict XVI, the 265th pope of the Catholic Church, on April 19, 2005. Cardinal Medina died Oct. 3, 2021.

Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez announced the election of Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2005.