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The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took effect on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 CET, following his announcement of it on 11 February. It made him the first pope to relinquish the office since Gregory XII was forced to resign in 1415 to end the Western Schism, and the first pope to voluntarily resign since Celestine V in 1294.
Nov 28, 2013 · By Mark Dowd. BBC Radio 4. Benedict XVI shocked the world in February when he became the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. But attention shifted quickly to the succession, and the...
Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday Dec. 31, 2022. He was 95. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)
Dec 31, 2022 · Benedict XVI, First Modern Pope to Resign, Dies at 95. He defined a conservative course for the Roman Catholic Church, but his papacy was noted for his struggle with the clergy sexual abuse...
Dec 31, 2022 · The only other pope who resigned by choice was Celestine V, who stepped down in 1294 after just a few months in office. Back then, the Benedictine hermit was elected in July of that year, at the age of 84, and consecrated in August after formally declaring that popes would be allowed to resign.
Dec 31, 2022 · World Dec 31, 2022 8:18 AM EDT. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Dec. 31, 2022. ROME — When Benedict XVI resigned in 2013, he was the first pope to do so in six centuries, and the move sent shock waves around the world.
