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When Pope Benedict XVI retired in 2013 — the first pontiff to do so in 600 years — the church had no rules for what a retired pope’s role would be or even what he would be called. After Benedict’s resignation, his papal seal and fisherman’s ring were wisely broken, as would have happened if Read more