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BREAKING NEWS: Pope Benedict XVI to Resign

By: Patrick Schurr
Updated: February 11, 2013

VATICAN CITY - In a surprise announcement, Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI said Monday that he will resign as pontiff at the end of the month. He cites his health as part of the reason he made the decision. He released a statement at noon in Rome (6 a.m. EST). It reads, in part:

"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry... For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome... (on) 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours... With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer."

Pope Benedict will become the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to resign.

To read his full statement, and listen to his announcement in Latin, click: Vatican Radio

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Pope Benedict made several apologies to victims who were sexually abused by clerics, etc, within the Catholic church, yet to this day, he has taken no decisive actions to punish any high ranking church official for enabling, empowering, and covering up sex crimes against innocent kids. Many should have been fired. Just to name a few.. --Cardinal Law, who was given a plush job in the Vatican --Bishop Finn, who is a convicted criminal is still the bishop of the KC-St Joe diocese --Cardinal Mahony, horrific cover up of sex crimes per thousands of recently released LA Archdiocese secret documents We hope there is someone within the college of Cardinals who could be a pope with integrity, who will start to take immediate actions to stop these crimes against humanity. Children are safest when child predators and those who enable and conceal their crimes are held responsible. Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA, 636-433-2511. snapjudy@gmail.com, "SNAP (The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is the world's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. SNAP was founded in 1988 and has more than 12,000 members. Despite the word priest in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, teachers, Protestant ministers and increasingly, victims who were assaulted in a wide range of institutional settings like orphanages, summer camps, athletic programs, Boy Scouts, etc."

Judy J. February 11, 2013 at 12:20 pm

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