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Benedict Leaves Papacy, Vacancy Remains

By Drew Cunningham March 5, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI officially stepped down as pontiff and became Pope Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Church Feb. 28 after announcing that he would leave his position Feb. 11. The pope’s resignation...

Motives Questioned in First Papal Resignation in Six Centuries

By Hiromi Oka February 12, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI announced yesterday that he would resign as head of the Roman Catholic Church, becoming only the fifth pontiff to step down from the position in the history of the papacy and the first...

JJ Selected to Succeed Pope Benedict

JJ Selected to Succeed Pope Benedict

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee February 12, 2013

It's official: JJ has decided to leave his post as "mascot-in-training" and will be ascending to the position of Pope. The visit of the Butler bulldogs was apparently a training mechanism to test JJ's...

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