In contrast, Pope Benedict said that "my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise" of his ministry.
In a statement, the pontiff said: "After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin February 11 , 2013Pope Benedict XVI said today that he would resign, surprising most everyone in the world: "After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," he said.
Pope Benedict XVI said today that he would resign, surprising most everyone in the world: "After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," he said.
Speaking in Latin at a routine event, he said: "After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry".
We don't even really know if his flagging stamina — "the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise" of leading the church, as he put it — was the true reason behind his resignation.
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Pregnant women receive a pedometer and brochures including examples for adequate exercise and a list of local prenatal physical exercise programmes as well as recommendations for a balanced diet in pregnancy according to the above mentioned recommendations on nutrition in pregnancy [ 49].
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