I'm a simple, humble worker, says new Pope

CARDINAL Joseph Ratzinger, 78, who has been chosen to succeed John Paul II as Pope, will be known as Benedict XVI.

He chose the name Pope Benedict XVI and called himself "a simple, humble worker".

Ratzinger was the oldest cardinal to be named Pope since Clement XII, who was also 78 when he became Pope in 1730. He is the first German Pope since Victor II