The resignation comes two months before his 86th birthday after serving as the head of the church for nearly eight years. This is the first such abdication of a leader of the Roman Catholic Church in almost 600 years. (This report contains an English translation of Pope Benedict XVI's remarks.)
Source: Bloomberg
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