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<p>The <a href="page.php?w=papal_resignation">resignation</a> of <a href="page.php?w=Pope_Benedict_XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> took effect on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 <a href="page.php?w=Central_European_Time">Roman-Vatican Time</a>, following Benedict XVI's announcement of the same on 11 February. It made him the first pope to relinquish the office since <a href="page.php?w=Pope_Gregory_XII">Gregory XII</a> quit the papacy in 1415 to help end the <a href="page.php?w=Western_Schism">Western Schism</a>.</p>

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