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Few bishops in the world have done. reporter: ironically in a sense what the experts say this pope will most be remembered for is the way that he left the office. resigning. the first time it's happened in 600 years. >> shepard: you mentioned transitional. i remember when he was inaugurated. that's the same thing they were saying about him, because of his age. whoever the new pope is, man, the challenges ahead are incredible. >> a lot of challenges, and experts say the sex abuse scandal is something the next pope will have to deal with. there's also those internal divisions. the vatican said t...

Days, in total. a not insignificant time. experts all say he will be seen as a transitional rather than a transformational pope. that is not to say some of his actions weren't significant, though. for instance, they say that his outreach to the muslim world, including visiting the blue mosque in turkey, was a very significant action, and, according to greg tobin, he was the first pope to truly face up to see sex abuse scandal. listen. >> he will bled as someone who did more than anyone else before him, that's foresheet. john paul ii left a legacy of inaction and avoidance, and benedict faced i...

Since the end of communism in that country. he recalled the ambassador of ireland over unprecedented attack by the church's leader over the handling of the child abuse sex scandal. he nominated 22 cardinals increasing that the chance that is the pontiff will be con. do we believe that. just this past september pope benedict hit 1 millionth mark on twitter. he is 1.million. >> 12th of the 22 were europeans. by numbers it weights them heavier in the group that would be picked from but we'll see. bill: we heard greg tobin a few minutes ago, the author. cardinal angela scola is on the list. archbi...

them by surprise. the news broke a couple hours ago. in his statement he says after repeatedly examined my conscience before god that my strength due to an advanced age are no longer suited to the petrine ministry. >> reporter: pope benedict 16 says he will be quitting february 28, less than 8 years into his papacy. he said his strength has deteriorated the last couple months and he noted a lack of strength to fulfill his mission. the senior sa senior advisor sae noticed the pope slowing down. we watched pope john paul ii suffer through the last few years of his papacy. maybe he want...

0 >> gretchen: that was fun with carry on from the grammys last night. >> brian: it was raining there. >> steve: it looked like it. >> brian: real quick, chris kyle is being memorialized, this navy seal. i did a half hour interview with him which we posted on the web site. it was real good. it's a good perspective on who he was. >> steve: fantastic. that's going to wrap up our program for today. throughout the day, you'll hear the very latest on the pope suddenly resigning. and of course, here on our program tomorrow, we will have further updates. so we hope you join us. >> gretchen: log on fo...