ROME Pope Benedict, head of Catholic Church will resign on February 28, his spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said.Pope Benedict said he is resigning 'because of advanced age'.
In a statement, he said:After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry..
"In today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both 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 recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me."
Benedict, the 265th pope, is the sixth German to serve as pope and the first since 500 years.
God bless his Holiness...
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