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The world woke up this morning with shocking news, the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. \u00a0After centuries of no Pope resigning, there are many questions as to how things will proceed. \u00a0It has been stated however that Pope Benedict XVI will move to the Papal residence in Castel Gandolfo when his resignation shall become effective and he will not take part in the Conclave for the election of his successor. \u00a0When renovation work on the monastery of cloistered nuns inside the Vatican is complete, the Holy Father will move there for a period of prayer and reflection.<\/p>\n

Let us pray for Pope Benedict as his pontificate comes to an end and let us begin to pray for the man who will be chosen to continue as Successor\u00a0of Peter.<\/p>\n

Below is the text of Benedict\u2019s resignation as well as some pictures from my time in Rome from 2005 to 2009, the first four years of Benedict\u2019s Pontificate (the picture above I took at Benedict\u2019s first Consistory in March 2006).<\/p>\n

Dear Brothers,<\/p>\n

I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today\u2019s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.<\/p>\n

Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.<\/p>\n

From the Vatican, 10 February 2013<\/p>\n

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Benedict recognizing the newly arrived class at the North American College, Castel Gandolfo August 2005<\/div>\n
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Pope Benedict elevating Archbishop O\u2019Malley of Boston to Cardinal, March 2006<\/div>\n
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Sede Vacante, Pope\u2019s Empty Chair, March 2006<\/div>\n

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Good Friday Stations of the Cross with Pope Benedict at the Colosseum, 2006<\/div>\n
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