The Vatican Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:21:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg The Vatican Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 The Pope Steps Down https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/02/11/1-the-pope-steps-down/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/02/11/1-the-pope-steps-down/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:45:08 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=9147 In a historic move, the Pope has resigned his position as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

He is the first pope to resign in 600 years.

Pope Benedict XVI (Benedict the 16th) announced his decision on Monday.

He said he has been losing strength and can no longer perform the tasks required of him. He is 85 years old.

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