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Topic: papal abdication
Benedict XVI: I am beginning the last stage of my pilgrimage on earth
Posted on Thursday, 28 February 2013
Benedict XVI delivers his final words as Pope to cheering pilgrims at Castel Gandolfo
Benedict XVI pledges obedience to his successor
Posted on Thursday, 28 February 2013
‘Among you,’ Benedict XVI told the assembled cardinals, ‘is the future pope’
Benedict XVI meets political leaders for last time
Posted on Thursday, 28 February 2013
Pope tells president of the Slovakian Republic: ‘I would have gone to Slovakia this year’
Full text of Pope’s farewell address to cardinals
Posted on Thursday, 28 February 2013
Benedict XVI promises his ‘unconditional obedience’ to next pope
Pope says he made decision to abdicate with ‘profound serenity’
Posted on Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Benedict XVI thanks Catholics around the world for their support in final address as pope
Full text of Benedict XVI’s last address
Posted on Wednesday, 27 February 2013
At last general audience the Pope says during his pontificate he felt the Lord’s presence every day
Thousands flock to see Benedict XVI in last public event as Pope
Posted on Wednesday, 27 February 2013
About 200,000 people were expected to attend the general audience
German bishops ask for Pope’s forgiveness for the errors of his homeland
Posted on Thursday, 21 February 2013
Archbishop Zollitsch says Germany ‘in some sense shared the honour’ of Benedict XVI being elected
We have all now grown used to the idea of the Pope’s abdication: the reality will be harder to take in. It remains a great sorrow to have to live through
This has been a very great pontificate: we now need a vigorous pope who will defeat the treacherous bureaucrats who undermined Pope Benedict