POPE BENEDICT XVI shocked the world when he resigned as pope in 2013 – but the man has become a “shadow” for his successor Pope Francis and has been a “palpable presence” in the Vatican over the last five years.
It is almost unheard of for the pope to resign – Benedict was the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415 and the first to do so of his own accord since Celestine V in 1294. The recent Netflix film ‘The Two Popes’ explored the differences in Benedict and’ philosophy for running the Catholic Church and the circumstances around the former’s decision to resign.
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