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Before ending his remarks, Pope Benedict told the cardinals, “I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the holy church to the care of our supreme pastor, our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the cardinal fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new supreme pontiff.”

The pope made no mention of his future plans, other than to say, “I wish to also devotedly serve the holy church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.” He will initially retire to his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo before transferring to live in a convent.

In the wheel are the following names:Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa,Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Canadian-born former Archbishop of Quebec, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, elevated to cardinal in 2010 and head of the Pontifical Council for Culture,.

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Pope Resigns! Who Will The Next Pope Be?  was originally published on elev8.com

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