The document discusses the recent changes in leadership of the Pope of Rome. Pope Benedictus XVI, born in 1927 in Germany, served as Pope from 2005 until his resignation on February 28, 2013. He was succeeded by Pope Franciscus I, who became the new Pope of Rome in March 2013. Pope Johannes Paulus II, born in 1920 in Poland, served as Pope from 1978 until his death in 2005 and was declared a saint in 2011.