Two pontiffs, both wearing white, both called "pope" and living a few yards from one another, with the same key aide serving them. ...
06:01 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church including his closest advisers on Monday when he announced he would stand down in the first papal abdication in 700 years, saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to run the Church through a period of major crisis. ...
12:58 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday that he would resign on February 28 because he was simply too infirm to carry on - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March. The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals on Monday morning. ...
04:51 PM, Feb 11, 2013
