Summary: Is The POPE Resigning because of Scandal brewing??? Why does THE POPE wants to examine his conscience before GOD? Pope Benedict XVI said Monday that he will resign at the end of February because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office.Pope Benedict's resignation lauded as 'a great lesson' in Latin America.The pope's announcement that he will step down at the end of the month is drawing official comment as well as some speculation that the next pope could come from the region.The rise and decline of the pope's once-great power.The office was once among the most powerful in the world, but has since lost much of its relevance outside of the church.Pope following his abdication on Feb. 28, then return to Rome to live in a monastery of cloistered nuns inside the Vatican for a period of prayer and reflection.
