Benedict XVI was not the only one: these are the popes who renounced the Vatican.

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Benedict XVI was not the only one: these are the popes who renounced the Vatican.

Although the case of Benedict XVI in 2013 is the best known in the history of the Catholic Church, he was not the only pope to resign from his post, for like him six other pontiffs did. Pope Francis, hospitalized since February 14 in Rome, also presented his resignation when he began his pontificate, but under other circumstances. It is a letter stating that, if one day he was prevented from performing his duties due to health problems, it would…