Pope Heads Into Busy Christmas Season Tired, Weak - NYTimes.com
Interesting report in the New York Times that quotes a few close observers who say that Pope Benedict seems to be getting frailer lately. It also notes that he has been open in the past about his view that a Pope should resign if he feels not physically up to the job.
There is not a lot of precedent for such resignations, however, as the article notes the last one happened about 600 years ago.
It would be an interesting thing to happen again; if anything, I think people would acknowledge a resignation as very reasonable and preferable to watching a slow decline.
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