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Looking at some of the key appointments that are awaiting Pope Francis and other members of the Catholic Church over the next several months

A decade after his resignation, deep divisions are apparent in the German church between traditionalists in Benedict’s mold and relative liberals.

Pope Benedict XVI, who died on Dec 31, leaves his homeland with a complicated legacy: pride in a German pontiff but a church deeply divided over the need for reforms in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal in which his own actions of decades ago were faulted. Benedict has…

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/benedict-leaves-german-homeland-with-complicated-legacy/"></div>BERLIN (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI leaves his homeland with a complicated legacy: pride in a German pontiff but a church deeply divided over the need for reforms in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal in which his own actions of decades ago were faulted. Benedict has long drawn mixed reviews in Germany, a […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via...

BERLIN (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI leaves his homeland with a complicated legacy: pride in a German pontiff but a church deeply divided over the need for reforms in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal in which his own actions of decades ago were faulted.