Benedict becomes 1st pope in 600 years to resign

For the time being, the governance of the Catholic Church shifts to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the camerlengo, or chamberlain, who along with the College of Cardinals will guide the church and make plans for the conclave to elect the 266th leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. - As a former 1.2 billion of these Catholics, I got a bad, bad feeling. My guess, some kind of scandal is brewing and this Pope just wanted to step down and get out of the lime light ASAP before it hits the fan.