http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1300575.htm
(whole piece is at above link)
BENEDICT-INTERREGNUM (CORRECTION) Feb-12-2013 (870 words) xxxi
Pope Benedict's resignation will set in motion period of transition
 The new Pope Benedict XVI greets the world from St. Peter's Basilica after his election April 19, 2005. (CNS/Nancy Phelan Wiechec) |
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While the surprise resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is a first for the church in centuries, it also leads to a complicated period of transition that ends in the election of a new pope.
Regulated by ancient traditions and recent rules, the period between popes -- known by the Latin term "interregnum" -- will begin exactly at 8 p.m. Rome time Feb. 28, a date and time Pope Benedict stipulated in a declaration he made Feb. 11 for when the See of Rome and the See of St. Peter will be vacant.
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