Pope Benedict XVI 'to resign'

  • Thread starter Thread starter kelvinf
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
K

kelvinf

Guest
The Pope is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, reports from the Vatican say.

The 85-year-old became Pope Benedict XVI in April 2005 following the death of Pope John Paul II.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-21411304
ansa.it/
 
Just saw the same headline here in NJ USA. What the heck is going on? Can he resign? What happens then?
 
Hard to credit. Is there anything in the Vatican website, for example?
 
He will be standing down on February 28trh the first Pope to do so since 1294.
 
I haven’t found a link online, but I just heard on the radio that in the Vatican statement, it was noted that he is “losing strength” and his advanced age.
 
JohnnyK said:
What is the reason? Any clue as yet?
Click to expand...
Not yet, no official reason apart from his health - unless you want to listen to the ‘BBC’ ‘make-it-up-as-you-go-along’ version, then it’s to do with the stress caused by his ‘mishandling of the sex abuse scandal’! 😦 Will they ever give it a rest.
 
It’s now in the newspapers here in Australia too. Assuming the information is correct (and stranger things have happened than a misreporting of something like this) then it is indeed sad.
 
Poor man. I saw the footage of him with the Knights of Malta and thought he looked frail there. 😦
 
pepipop said:
God bless him, he must be quite ill to make such a decision.
Click to expand...
I don’t think he ever wanted to be pope. He prayed during the election that he wouldn’t be. Which is one of the reasons he was the right man for the papacy. He is a man of duty so he must be ill indeed. 😦
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top