WHEN Pope Benedict XVI made his stunning announcement to “renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter”, believers and nonbelievers alike searched for historical parallels to make sense of the resignation.
As many know by now, the last pope to resign was Gregory XII in 1415 – a date so far removed from modern times that the phrase “New World” had not yet even been coined, much less “discovered”.
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