Why did Pope Benedict resign?

over 4 years in The sun

POPE Benedict XVI became the first pontiff in 600 years to resign as head of the Catholic Church. Elected to the papacy in 2005 to succeed St. John Paul II, Joseph Ratzinger cited ill health as the reason for stepping down as the head of the religious institution that has around 1.3billion members. But where […]

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