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In Illo Tempore: Christ The King
Cardinal Achille Ratti, the former Archbishop of Milan, was elected Pope Benedict XV following the unexpected death of the previous pope from pneumonia in 1922.
Ratti was elected to the papacy on the fourteenth ballot. According to reports from the time, Ratti remained silent for several minutes when asked if he accepted the election. One cardinal reportedly joked that the electors had put him through the fourteen Stations of the Cross.
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