Pope to resign Feb. 28, says he's too infirm
Pope to resign Feb. 28, says he's too infirm
Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign on Feb. 28 because he was simply too infirm to carry on - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.
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