So that's it for Pope Benedict, Who's frailty we all could predict
He was elected at near eighty served 7 years for the laity
And now will retire his Schtick.
"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs
I noticed that the press everywhere seemed to be reporting this as the Pope 'resigning', but wouldn't a Pope abdicate like a monarch, rather than resign? I would put it down to using more modern terminology, but no one's accusing Beatrix of resignation - she's universally an abdicator.