The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.
I am not sure how many of the events that have unfolded in Rome over the past 35 years will make it into the history books. Certainly, the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, the first pontiff to do so in six centuries,
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.