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In reply to the discussion: 'Pope Benedict to resign' - Italian news agency ANSA [View all]theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)9. Confirmed by the Vatican
NBC4 (Washington, D. C.) just reported that the Vatican has confirmed Benedict will resign on the 28th. Benedict says he doesn't have the strength to continue anymore.
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Pope Benedict XVI is to resign on February 28th, according to reports on Italian news agency ANSA.
steve2470
Feb 2013
#2
Matt Lauer just said that he's "abdicating" as of Feb. 28th due to poor health
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2013
#15
I guess they do. I just know that to Americans a diary is usually what a teen-aged girl writes in
Dark n Stormy Knight
Feb 2013
#57
I'm thinking his doctors told him he has Alzheimers and it's a fast-progressing form of the disease
Ken Burch
Feb 2013
#21
well modern medicine's ability to prolong life long past the point of dignity
Ken Burch
Feb 2013
#27
If it were to be something like Pick's disease, he could be incommunicative in a matter of months.
woodsprite
Feb 2013
#29