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when he became the first pope to resign and almost 600 years. he cited a quote, lack of strength of mind and body as his reason for stepping down. benedict was born in germany and grew up as the regime was gaining power. after the war. he turned to theological studies and eventually became a professor in 1951. he was ordained as a priest. as work in theology attracted the attention of the archbishop. who asked him to serve his expert assistance at the second vatican council in the sixties , and then in 1977, he was appointed archbishop of munich . three months later, he became cardin...

Vatican. i assume that the popes and retired popes they do they get to choose where they're buried. or is this something that the vatican is going to have to go back through? how does that work? how does that look? yes it's certainly not all popes have been buried within the walls of the vatican. you think of the 1st 500 years, for example of the of the history of the catholic church. many of many of those popes were actually killed. they were martyred. um so you know when christianity was illegal, and there was great persecution, so not everybody. not every pope is buried within. it was the v...