Papal renunciation Western Schism in 1415 and the first to do so on his own initiative since Celestine V in 1294. His action was unexpected, given that the modern era popes have held the position from election until death. He said he was motivated by 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, who took the name "Francis". Before setting out for Paris to crown Napoleon in 1804, Pope Pius VII (1800–1823) signed a document of renunciation to take effect if he
The News Is the News satirize, bludgeon, incinerate, josh, reduce to ashes, and otherwise play havoc with the real news of the preceding seven days," "TNITN" featured Karen Dale as the lead anchor, with Michael Davis, Simon Jones, Charlotte Moore, Lynne Thigpen and Trey Wilson as correspondents. Monty Python member Michael Palin also contributed a segment on the first anniversary of the surrender of Argentinian forces in the Falkland Islands. "The News Is the News" was also unusual in that it was carried live, from NBC's studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York; it was, at the time, the only (non-sports) program to air