Pope-emeritus; Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; President: International Theological Commission; President: Pontifical Biblical Commission; Archbishop of Munich and Freising; author and theologian.  Benedict XVI was the first pope to abdicate the throne of Peter in over 600 years.
 
SP - Signed Photograph:  4"x5.5" black/white litho print portrait signed on the lower white mount in blue fountain pen ink (circa 1988). Accompanied by a set of three Vatican commemorative stamps on the occasion of his elevation to the papacy.