Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday his resignation from the February 28, citing his age, in a speech delivered in Latin at a consistory at the Vatican announced the spokesman Holy See.
"The Pope announced that he would forgo his ministry at 20H00 (19H00 GMT) on 28 February. Initiate, then the period of" vacancy, "said Father Federico Lombardi, in an advertisement, unprecedented in the modern history of the Catholic Church, and it is the first time in 600 years that the Pope resign.
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