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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Jesus of Nazareth’

By Jeremy Lott - Special to The Washington Times

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in St. Patrick Church in Rome on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Precedents for papal resignations

Associated Press

Pope shows lifetime jobs aren’t always for life

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (Latin for "To the City and to the World") speech from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Electing a pope: Conclave, oath, chimney smoke

Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI blesses children in the splendor of the Sistine Chapel.

Pope Benedict quitting Feb. 28; pontiff cites poor health for first papal resignation since 1415

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Cardinal Roger Mahony, then the archbishop of Los Angeles, speaks during an annual multiethnic migration Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles in 2007. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Files show how Catholic Church leaders in L.A. controlled damage

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in St. Patrick Church in Rome on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by senseless attack in U.S.

Associated Press

A look at prolific Twitter accounts

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI pushes a button on a tablet at the Vatican last December. In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch ever, Pope Benedict XVI pushed the button on a tablet brought to him at the end of his general audience Wednesday. It read: "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope hits 1M mark as he tweets: ‘Dear Friends …’

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope’s Twitter handle @Pontifex; will be Q&A

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Pope joins tweeting masses with Pontifex handle

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Paolo Gabriele, the pope’s former butler, received an 18-month sentence for making copies of papal letters and giving them to a journalist, the biggest Vatican security breach in modern times. (L’Osservatore Romano via Associated Press)

Court says butler’s theft harmed pope

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope hopes latest book brings people to Jesus

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pope Benedict XVI, accompanied by his private secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein (top left), and his butler, Paolo Gabriele, arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for a general audience on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope’s butler convicted in leaks, given 18 months

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd from his popemobile upon his arrival to celebrate an open-air Mass for hundreds of thousands on the waterfront of Beirut on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Pope makes peace appeal at Beirut open-air Mass

By Victor L. Simpson - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI waves his hand upon arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport in Beirut on Sept. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

Pope appeals for peace in Lebanon visit

By Victor L. Simpson - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives for an audience with newly appointed archbishops at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on Saturday, June 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope fires Slovak bishop in rare show of authority

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Illustration Obama's anti-Christianity by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KUHNER: State-sanctioned anti-Christianity

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Paolo Gabriele, the pope's butler, was arrested after Vatican investigators discovered papal documents in his Vatican City apartment. (Associated Press)

Pope tells of ‘sadness’ of leak scandal

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Benedict to attend La Scala Beethoven concert

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press