Pope Benedict recalls church turmoil in final audience
(02-27 18:20)
Pope Benedict XVI, who is ailing at 85, referred to “stormy waters and headwinds’’ during his pontificate on the eve of his historic resignation but said God would not let the Church “sink.’’
“The Lord gave us days of sun and of light breeze, days in which the fishing was good. There were also moments when there were stormy waters and headwinds,'' the pope told a crowd in St Peter's Square, drawing an analogy with a Biblical passage, AFP reports.
Thousands are in St Peter's Square today to see the pontiff for the last time before he retires.
Benedict becomes the first pope in 600 years to call it a day. He said at 85, he does not have the strength to continue.
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