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Can a Pope resign? Benedict XVI just has!

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43897) • Cambridge, England 11 Feb 13

Yes, a Pope can resign. Pope Celestine V in 1294 issued a decree declaring it possible that a pope can resign and then promptly did so. Before him, Benedict IX resigned in 1045 and his successor Gregory VI did the year...

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Pope Benedict XVI hospitalised

tundeemma @tundeemma (894) • South Africa 17 Jul 09

Now the Pope needs some prayers as he has been hospitalized at a Norther Italian Hospital after he slipped off in a bath, Pope has been Holidaying in the Italian city but had a problem when he missed his step in the bath and was...

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Pope Benedict XVI

sneese @sneese (95) • United States 26 Jul 07

I was wondering what others thought of Pope Benedict. I admit I loved John Paul II. So adjusting to this new pontiff has not been easy. I didn't want him to get elected at all. But I do agree with his decision to allow more use of...

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German journalist fined for Pope water theft stunt

chardyme @chardyme (1631) • Philippines 12 Mar 07

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German journalist has been fined 100 euros (68 pounds) after he filmed three artists stealing water from Pope Benedict's garden hose in Bavaria to sell on Internet auction site EBay. The three men, clad in...

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Pope Benedict prayed in Mosque

Draqshorul @Draqshorul (94) • Romania 2 Dec 06

During his visit to Turkey, the Catholic Pope Benedict XVI and the Muslim cleric of Istanbul prayed together in the Sultanahmed Mosque (known as the Blue Mosque) in...

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