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Came to him and said you need to step out for the good of the church, what can i give you? benedict the ix. pro >> buying church power considers one of the worst sins there was. the fact that he sold and return for money was appalling to everyone. >> for the first time in recorded history, a pope resigns in exchange for money, it led to the world of dirty politics. the young pope accepts the cardinal's bribe. this is no t tt the last the wo

Signal because a year and a half later he too resigned his papacy. >> but despite the nature by which he resigned, because of the violence and instability surrounding the resignation of benedict ix 250 years earlier, the new pope must make sure that celestine is never heard from again. >> after celestine retired and boniface became pope, he felt it was dangerous to have two living popes. >> you can't have another pope knocking about and threatening the pope. immediately after celestine leaves the vatican, boniface has him attacked and locked up. >> he didn't want celestine talking to anybody, ...

>> in a way, the act of resignation is a devastating comment on the last three to six years of his predecessor. of flight in the face of the whole theology of the papacy as it devolved in modern time. the notion that john paul had propagated that the papacy was a cross which was laid on your shoulders and you could not shake it off, benedict said, well, it's a job, and if you can't do it, you should let somebody else try. >> by resigning in the face of old age, pope benedict xvi has made a clear statement about the divinity of the papal office. >> i think that was a reminder to everybody in an...

Try it for 30 days, and see for yourself why more than a million people trust fixmestick to keep their computer fast, clean, and safe." call us today or visit us online. in 1044, after eight years of desecrating the papacy young pope benedict ix accepts the cardinal's bribe to resign. >> they ganged up together and drove benedict out of the city. the roman people picked a new pope, and he took the name sylvester iii. >> just weeks after handing the papacy over to sylvester, the former pope benedict ix and his family decide they want the throne back.

Resigning was to make it easier for successive popes to say, i'm 80 years old. i'm not going to stay till i fall down dead in this office. that's thinking more legacy than anything else. >> alighting from the helicopter, francis then seeing his predecessor goes toward him to embrace him. this is a historic moment. >> there's not any kind of precedent. benedict's resignation really did do it voluntary and of his own vow. >> today pope benedict xvi lives in a quiet apartment in the vatican. he has passed the holy office peacefully down to pope francis, leaving the power struggles of the past beh...