Remembering the renunciation day: Benedict’s historic retirement 10 years on

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But this date will be remembered as the one chosen by Benedict XVI to announce his decision to renounce the Throne of Peter. Pope Benedict XVI chose this double Vatican holiday – which commemorates the Lateran Accords signed in 1929 – to convene a consistory dedicated to setting the date of future canonizations, following a well-worn ritual. Archbishop Guido Marini, the Pontiff’s ceremonial secretary, had just handed a sheet of paper to Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope serene and the cardinals stunnedIn the Consistory Hall, the cardinals gathered around Benedict XVI were equally stunned by the news. In the late morning of February 11, the press room of the Holy See was packed for an impromptu speech by Father Federico Lombardi.
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