Pope Benedict XVI to Step Down at Month's End
Last pontiff resignation happened nearly 600 years ago.
Pope Benedict XVI announced early Monday that he will resign on Feb. 28 due to concerns over failing health, the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland said. The 85-year-old pontiff said in a statement, "After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry." Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook Pope Benedict, who was elected in April 2005, will be the first pope to resign in almost 600 years, according to Catholic News Service. The pope has increasingly had trouble walking in the past year, often using a cane and always being assisted getting up and down steps, CNS reported. However, the Vatican …
Dave
5:15 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
He will be sorely missed. He kept true to the faith never giving in to worldly thought but was lovingly steadfast to the word of God. more ›