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Breaking News: Pope Benedict XVI To Resign 2/11/13
Associated Press
February 11, 2013
Vatican City - Pope Benedict is stepping down on February 28th.
The Vatican says Benedict told the cardinals of the Catholic Church today that he's resigning "because of advanced age."
A spokesman says Benedict told the cardinals it was a deep and profound personal decision he's made before God.
Benedict is 85 and will turn 86 on April 16. He was elected pope in 2005.
The last pope to resign was Gregory the 12th in 1415. He did so to end a civil war within the church in which more than one man claimed to be the pope.