Forward from: Unknown
"There isn't the slightest doubt about the validity of my resignation from the Petrine ministry. The only condition for the validity is the complete freedom of my decision. Speculations about the invalidity of my resignation are simply absurd... It was a difficult decision, but it was a fully conscious choice, and I think I did well. Some of my more fanatical friends are still upset; they have not accepted my choice."
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI