One of the most significant acts of the papacy of Benedict XVI, who died on New Year's Eve, at the age of ninety-five, was, his obituaries seem to agree, his stepping down from it, in February, 2013.And rightly so: the first papal resignation in nearly six hundred years was a momentous act.It diminished the monarchic qualities of the papacy, making it more akin to an elective office with a limited term of service.
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