INQUIRER.net: Clock runs down on Pope Benedict XVI’s historic resignation

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Clock runs down on Pope Benedict XVI's historic resignation Feb 28th 2013, 03:33 VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI will meet cardinals from around the world on Thursday in his final hours as leader of 1.2 billion Catholics before he becomes the first pontiff to resign since the Middle Ages.   The 85-year-old pontiff stunned the globe when he announced his momentous decision in a surprise speech in Latin on February 11, saying he no longer had the "strength of mind and body" to carry on in a fast-changing modern world.   "I took this step in full awareness of its gravity and novelty but with profound serenity of spirit," the pope told a cheering crowd of 150,000 pilgrims in St Peter's Square in his final public farewell on Wednesday.  ... Keep on reading: Clock runs down on Pope Benedict XVI’s historic resignation Media files: pope-speech1.jpg (image/jpeg)

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