No, the Pope hasn't resigned, but how would his successor be chosen?
Various videos claim Pope Francis's successor has been appointed, but that's not how a new bishop of Rome is chosen. How does ...
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Pope Benedict stepping down, praised by Israeli chief rabbi for outreach
The last pope to resign was Gregory XII in 1415, in order to end a civil war within the Church. Benedict, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was elected pope in April 2005 following the death ...
THE WEEK22d
How Pope Benedict unwittingly made the Catholic case for 'conscious uncoupling'
No living pope had handed off the keys of St. Peter since Gregory XII in 1415. If Pope Benedict had only waited some 14 months to announce his retirement — or abdication, or vacation — we ...
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Ex-Pope Benedict is lucid and alert - Vatican
his decision to resign came as a surprise as no pope had done so since Gregory XII in 1415. His papacy was marked by a scandal involving child sexual abuse by priests. Two reports in 2009 detailed ...
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Cardinals’ conclave to elect new pope begins; a first non-European in the cards
The German-born Benedict, 85, who on Feb. 11 said he no longer had the strength to lead the church, was the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. The process of electing his successor ...