Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI have held the position from election until death. The Pope stated that the reason for his decision was his declining health due to old age. The conclave to select his successor began on 12 March 2013 and elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who took the name of Francis. Benedict announced in February 2013 that, due to his advanced age, he would step down. At the age of 85 years and 318 days on the effective date of his retirement, he was the fourth-oldest person to hold the office of pope. He announced his intention to
Jorge Fondebrider Ulster cycle, a collection of Irish traditional short stories, a book on Anglo-Scottish ballads and "Peter Street & otros poemas" (2008), by the Irish poet Peter Sirr. In 2009 he co-founded with Julia Benseñor the Club de Traductores Literarios de Buenos Aires (http://clubdetraductoresliterariosdebaires.blogspot.com/). Jorge Fondebrider Jorge Fondebrider (Buenos Aires, 1956) is an Argentinian poet, critic and translator. His published poetry books are "Elegías" (1983), "Imperio de la Luna" (1987), "Standards" (1993), "Los últimos tres años" (2006) and "La extraña trayectoria de la luz. Poemas reunidos 1983-2013" (2016). Also he was translated into English ("The Spaces Between", an anthology translated by