POPE RESIGNATION

                                                  POPE RESIGNATION

Pope Benedict XVI Resigns His Position, Citing Frailty And Age As Reason

By Addy Dugdale

February 11, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 Pope Benedict is to resign at the end of the month. The Twitter-loving head of the Catholic Church, who last year called on all Catholics to embrace social media, released a statement to Vatican Radio citing that, due to his age, he was not capable of carrying out his papal duties in a manner befitting the office. "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 recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me."

This is the first time since 1415 that a Pope has voluntarily stepped down from the post. The news is already trending on Twitter, with #Pope at No. 1, and #elpapadimite and #ratzinger in the next two spots. Benedict XVI's last tweet under the @Pontifex handle was yesterday--his first was on December 12--but has yet to comment on his decision via the micro-blogging network. Others, however, were not so slow.

 

 

 

 

..... WE should Respect what would be his Dicision ..