Pope during final audience recalls 'joy and light' during papacy, but also difficult times
Pope during final audience recalls 'joy and light' during papacy, but also difficult times Pope during final audience recalls 'joy and light' during papacy, but also difficult times.
In a final appearance before beginning his retirement behind Vatican walls, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday told an adoring crowd -- the sort that has mostly eluded him during his eight-year reign -- that ``to love the church means also to have the courage to make difficult, painful decisions, always putting the good of the church before oneself.''