Benedict makes first public appearance since bombshell announcement

Receives standing ovation

Says he did it for good of the Church

'The Lord will guide us'

Today's Mass may be his last as Pope

Moved to basilica to accommodate crowds

His final hours will be far from Vatican

'Constant drumbeat' sped his exit

Report: Pope made decision after trip to Cuba

Cardinal Peter Turkson reveals his vision for the Church

An interview

Here is where Pope will live

Video of lightning strikes on Vatican

Cardinals begin to consult

Speculation mounts on next Pontiff

Inside the Vatican: 'He will be simply Cardinal Ratzinger again'

Flashback: 'Pray for me that I may not flee for fear of the wolves'

Benedict 'will not interfere' with affairs of successor

Lightning struck Vatican twice hours after announcement

'Shocking but nearly predictable'

His life in pictures

Ages of Popes

Officials acknowledge that Pope has pacemaker

Report: Pope will live 'monastically'

White House issues statement

'Why he resigned'

Precedents for abdication

What the abdication will mean

New pontiff expected by Easter

A sign of papal modernity?

Timeline of his life

Flashback: the connection to Pope Celestine

The 'worthy shepherd' prophecy

Archives: will it now be 'Peter the Roman'?

Report: Pope John Paul II had pilot fly him over Medjugorje, blessed village

Benedict invokes Mary as 'mediatrix of all graces'

Why was his resignation made on Feast Day of Lourdes?

Announcement: timed for Lent?

The Pope and the prophetic pulse

Text of resignation

Vatican releases schedule for rest of Pope's tenure

'Never converse with demons'

Michael Brown retreat in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Directions

Lent and 'holy desire'

How spirits can transfer to us