After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come…

Pope Benedict XVI
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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. ✨ Pope Benedict XVI’s Resignation Speech, w2.vatican.va. February 10, 2013.
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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. ✨ Pope Benedict XVI’s Resignation Speech, w2.vatican.va. February 10, 2013.

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