<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resignation_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI">resigns</a> as the pope of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, becoming the first pope to do so since <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XII" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Gregory XII">Pope Gregory XII</a> in 1415.<sup about="#mwt126" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-24"}}' id="cite_ref-24" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_28#cite_note-24" id="mw1A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 24;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw1Q">[24]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-24"><cite about="#mwt123" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBl8"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21411304" id="mwBmA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Pope Benedict XVI to resign citing poor health"</a>. <i id="mwBmE">BBC News</i>. 11 February 2013. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181230092610/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-21411304" id="mwBmI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 30 December 2018<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBmM">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBmQ">15 March</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt123" class="Z3988" id="mwBmU" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=Pope+Benedict+XVI+to+resign+citing+poor+health&amp;rft.date=2013-02-11&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-21411304&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+28"></span></span>