Pope Benedict XVI Resigns

Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI has announced he will retire due to health reasons at the end of February 2013. The College of Cardinals will meet to elect the successor to St. Peter, who the worlds 1-billion Catholic faithful will hope to have a new Pope by Easter - the end of March 2013.

With the current Pope's papacy shrouded in scandal - paedophilia priests, insulting Islam, homophobia etc; I hope that the next Pope will be a younger, if not a youthful, more progressive Pope on issues especially such as homosexuality and marriage.