Monday, February 11, 2013

On the Resignation of a Pope

Courtesy of the Daily Telegraph . 2013

On April 19, 2005, following the death of his predecessor, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, 264th heir to St. Peter's throne and head of God's own Petrine Ministry. By March 1, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI will be no more; and God's former Rottweiler will retire to live out the rest of his days in an exclusive Vatican residence - in prayer, in dedication, in celibacy, and also, with the arthritis that plagued him at 86 years of age,

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