Hello there, welcome to newsline. It is tuesday, february 12th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Millions of roman catholics around the world are coming to terms with an announcement that is both surprising and rare. Pope benedict xvi says hes too old to do his job. Hes 85. Spokespersons for the vatican say the pope cited his advance age and felt he could no longer fulfill his responsibilities. German Cardinal Joseph ratzinger was 78 years old when he became pope in april 2005 following the death of Pope John Paul ii. He was the oldest person to become pontiff in 275 years. Benedict xvi was a conservative pope, he strongly opposed to birth control, but he embraced new forms of communication and joined twitter last year. Pope benedict faced a string of challenges during his term from sexual abuse scandals involving the members of the clergy to an investigation into Money Laundering in vatican city. A court convicted his former butler last year of stealing and leaking classified document
Hello there, welcome to newsline. It is tuesday, february 12th. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Millions of roman catholics around the world are coming to terms with an announcement that is both surprising and rare. Pope benedict xvi says hes too old to do his job. Hes 85. Spokespersons for the vatican say the pope cited his advance age and felt he could no longer fulfill his responsibilities. German Cardinal Joseph ratzinger was 78 years old when he became pope in april 2005 following the death of Pope John Paul ii. He was the oldest person to become pontiff in 275 years. Benedict xvi was a conservative pope, he strongly opposed to birth control, but he embraced new forms of communication and joined twitter last year. Pope benedict faced a string of challenges during his term from sexual abuse scandals involving the members of the clergy to an investigation into Money Laundering in vatican city. A court convicted his former butler last year of stealing and leaking classified document
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