Pope Benedict XVI
Not many people can brag that they are even older than the Pope, but Roscoe Bartlett was born nearly a year before Joseph Ratzinger. Born in Bavaria, young Ratzinger was forced into the Hitler Youth at the age of 14. The Nazis killed his cousin with Downs Syndrome to help purify the German race. At 16, he was drafted out of the seminary to serve in the German Army, but he deserted from the collapsing Western Front. He was eventually placed in a POW camp, but was released only a few months later. He then re-entered the seminary
Although he appears to be in better health than his predecessor was at his age, Pope Benedict has suffered at least two strokes and has a heart condition. Perhaps if he tried a different hat he might look a little younger.
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