and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. suarez: the world witnessed something today it had not seen since the 15th century: a sitting pope, benedict xvi, announced he is giving up the papacy. the news reverberated around the globe and stunned many of the world s 1.2 billion catholics. it was a big surprise because this doesn t happen all the time. and my first reaction was to pray and to call my friends, texted my friends and asked even my non-catholic and nonbelieving friends to keep us in their thoughts and in their prayers. i had never heard anything like this in my life. the pope has to be there until he dies. and he is resigning? popes can t resign. this hasn t happened in 600 years. a pope can t resign. this news isn t right. suarez: a pope abdicated in 1294 but the last pontiff to do so was gregory 12th in 1415. pope benedict s decision at age 85 came in an announcement made in latin during a meeting of cardinals at the vati
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. suarez: the world witnessed something today it had not seen since the 15th century: a sitting pope, benedict xvi, announced he is giving up the papacy. the news reverberated around the globe and stunned many of the world s 1.2 billion catholics. it was a big surprise because this doesn t happen all the time. and my first reaction was to pray and to call my friends, texted my friends and asked even my non-catholic and nonbelieving friends to keep us in their thoughts and in their prayers. i had never heard anything like this in my life. the pope has to be there until he dies. and he is resigning? popes can t resign. this hasn t happened in 600 years. a pope can t resign. this news isn t right. suarez: a pope abdicated in 1294 but the last pontiff to do so was gregory 12th in 1415. pope benedict s decision at age 85 came in an announcement made in latin during a meeting of cardinals at the vati
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