News BotMB to The IndependentEnglish · 14 days agoFrancis saw his duty to be 'ad vitam' and not to follow Pope Benedict XVI in resigningwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFrancis saw his duty to be 'ad vitam' and not to follow Pope Benedict XVI in resigningwww.independent.co.ukNews BotMB to The IndependentEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0linkfedilinkfile-text
Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world when he announced his resignation in 2013, the first in 600 years