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alexri · 02-11-2013, 06:11 AM

This was a total surprise. A pope has not resigned since 1415.

Disclaimer- I am not Catholic, though my family raised me with that religion. I left it in college. But I still have some mixed feelings about this, and wonder what the future is regarding a lot of issues.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/world/...ion/index.html

Rome (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI will resign on February 28, his spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told CNN Monday.

The 85-year-old pope is resigning "because of advanced age," Benedict told the cardinals of the Catholic Church on Monday.

"Strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me," the pope told the cardinals, according to the Vatican.

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alexri Member How Do You Identify?: - Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: - Posts: 549 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,209 Thanked 2,799 Times in 468 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Pope Benedict to resign at the end of the month, Vatican says This was a total surprise. A pope has not resigned since 1415. Disclaimer- I am not Catholic, though my family raised me with that religion. I left it in college. But I still have some mixed feelings about this, and wonder what the future is regarding a lot of issues. http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/world/...ion/index.html Rome (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI will resign on February 28, his spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told CNN Monday. The 85-year-old pope is resigning "because of advanced age," Benedict told the cardinals of the Catholic Church on Monday. "Strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me," the pope told the cardinals, according to the Vatican.