Pope Benedict XVI meets with Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro at the apostolic nunciature in Havana in 2012. The 85-year-old pontiff said he no longer has the energy to exercise his ministry over the universal church and will resign at the end of the month. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters) (Feb. 11, 2013) See BENEDICT-RESIGN (UPDATED) and BENEDICT-BIO Feb. 11, 2013.