Time (February 25)
2013/ 02/ 27 by jd in Global News
Seven years after becoming Pope, “his strength is gone, and in a striking, even revolutionary act of humility, Benedict has announced his resignation as the Vicar of Christ, effective at 8 p.m. Rome time on Feb. 28. A figure as controversial as John Paul II was popular, Benedict XVI has yet again flummoxed his many critics by becoming the first Pope in six centuries to abdicate the Chair of Peter. And it is now possible that his most enduring act of public witness to the Gospel will be the remarkable spectacle of a prince of the church voluntarily surrendering the things of this world… an example of Christian piety that was quite unexpected.”
Tags: Abdicate, Benedict, John Paul II, Pope, Resignation, Unexpected
