'I told the world Pope Benedict XVI was resigning'

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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On 11 February 2013, Benedict XVI shocked the world by becoming the first pope in nearly 600 years to quit. All other popes in the modern era had held the position from election until death. He said he was resigning because of old age. Little known journalist Giovanna Chirri got the world exclusive on the story. She shares her memories of that time with Matt Pintus. (Photo: Pope Benedict XVI. Credit: Getty Images)

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0:23.6	Hello and welcome to this episode of the witness history podcast
0:32.0	from the BBC World Service with me, Matt Pentus.
0:35.4	Today, we go back 10 years to the resignation
0:39.3	that caught the world off guard.
0:41.6	Benedict XVI became the first Pope in almost 600 years to quit.
0:47.4	This is the story of the woman who told the world the news.
0:52.3	It's the 11th of February 2013
0:56.2	and in a small media office inside the Vatican,
0:59.1	journalist Giovanni Kiri is struggling to stay awake.
1:02.8	It's a national holiday, but she's stuck at work.
1:09.0	There weren't many of us there, just me and a few other journalists.
1:12.8	We were watching something which was an event with the Pope and the Cardinals.
1:16.4	They were speaking lasting for a long time, maybe 40 minutes.
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