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...No pope since Celestine V in 1294 had stepped down for personal reasons, although Gregory XII left office in 1415 under a deal among rival factions to end a 40-year schism in the Roman Catholic Church....
...The news that Pope Benedict XVI is stepping down at the end of February has taken many people by surprise, but the Code of Canon Law (the Catholic Church’s collection of rules and procedures) does allow...
...Until Monday he had given no explicit sign that he planned to become the first pope to stand down for personal reasons since Celestine V in 1294....
...Before him, Celestine V established the right of a pope to abdicate, doing so himself in 1294....
...Benedict surprised millions of Catholics when he announced on February 11 that he would abdicate, making him the first pontiff to step down voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294....
...Celestine V, the last pope to abdicate voluntarily, resigned in 1294 after just five months. Pope Benedict’s resignation generated responses from across the globe....
...F1 Down Under The Formula One Grand Prix of Australia, curtainraiser for the F1 season, is on Melbourne’s street circuit. preview@ft.com...
...Célestine gets bumped off early in the second act, but the mechanism of the tragedy has a long, long way to run – literally, as the actors continue to charge up and down the boards with very little to vary...
...Celestine Vincent, a Nigerian car mechanic, said: “In this country there are no human rights. This is not a country where blacks can stay.”...
...Down 38-10 at the break, Saracens had the better of the second half....
...Her only problem was an attack of stomach cramps at 36 kilometres - ironically the point at which she dropped out in Athens - forcing her to crouch down by a drinks station....
...To prevent chaos, the Italian authorities will ban cars from the entire city between 2am and 6pm, and will shut down public offices and schools for the day....
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