Pope To Resign Citing Advanced Age

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 11, 2013 @03:45AM from the time-for-golf dept.

Hugh Pickens writes writes "BBC reports that Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an unexpected development, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85. In a statement, the pontiff 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.' Resignations from the papacy are not unknown, but this is the first in the modern era, which has been marked by pontiffs dying while in office."

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Re:Why is this on slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-11 04:06 · Score: 0, Troll

The story has a medicine logo. Maybe someone has invented a cure against religion, and successfully tested it on the pope.
Re:Simply Could Not Fulfill His Duties by xyourfacekillerx · 2013-02-11 04:13 · Score: 0, Troll

People are still making references to the mythical Great Catholic Altar Boy Molestation Conspiracy Project? Mildly amusing at best. In 2004. This post is unnecessarily inflammatory and factually inaccurate, how did this get rated Funny?