Benedict XVI, who led the Roman Catholic Church through a period of transformation, controversy and scandal before becoming the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, has died. The pope emeritus was 95. Benedict had been expected to make his papacy largely about reasserting traditional conservative Roman Catholic doctrine but ended up spending much of it dealing with the fallout of the church's sexual abuse scandal. At 78, Benedict was elected as pontiff in April 2005, so his term had always been expected to be short, relative to his predecessors. Known more for teachings than charisma He was the oldest...