Complex sentence: Upon the death of the pope, all major Vatican officials automatically lost their positions during the sede vacante, just like everybody else López Trujillo was later reappointed to the office by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 April 2005.
Split into simpler sentences: Upon the death of the pope, all major Vatican officials automatically lost their positions during the sede vacante. Like the others, López Trujillo was reappointed to his previous office by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 April 2005.