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Pope Benedict XVI’s Age, Health Have Vatican Watchers Abuzz

Pope Benedict is now 84, the same age his predecessor was at the time of his death, and he’s clearly starting to slow down. But he might not have to die to relinquish the papacy—he could retire.

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