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Benedict XVI

Benedict’s Obedience to New Pope Part of Tradition

SOURCE: AP (3-2-13)

Benedict becomes 1st pope in 600 years to resign

SOURCE: AP (2-28-13)

The hermit pope of the 1200s

SOURCE: NPR (2-26-13)

Timothy Stanley: Why Benedict XVI Will Be Remembered for Generations

SOURCE: CNN.com (2-11-13)

Resigning pope brings doomsday prophecy

SOURCE: Discovery News (2-13-13)

Pope Benedict XVI Never Aspired to Be Pope: Historian

SOURCE: ABC News (2-11-13)

Despite Nazi past, Israel considered pope friend

SOURCE: WaPo (2-11-13)

When the pope was powerful, and why that changed

SOURCE: WaPo (2-11-13)

The Next Pope: What Happens Now?

By Charles Keenan

2-11-13

Charles Keenan is a PhD student at Northwestern University. His M.A. thesis was entitled "The Right to Reform: Popes, Councils, and Cardinals in the Early Sixteenth Century."

Which Other Popes Have Resigned?

By David Austin Walsh

2-11-13

David Austin Walsh is the editor of the History News Network.

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