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In reply to the discussion: 'Pope Benedict to resign' - Italian news agency ANSA [View all]Rhiannon12866
(204,627 posts)17. He said he no longer has the strength to carry out his duties...
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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