Lima, Peru, Feb 12, 2013 / 16:07 pm
The bishops of Latin America have voiced admiration for Pope Benedict XVI, calling his decision to resign from the papacy both courageous and humble.
Pope Benedict "has been a Pontiff who understood how to guide the Church in times of crisis with prudence, humility and strength," said Cardinal Norberto Rivera of Mexico City.
He commended the Holy Father for "always seeing problems in the light of the faith and with the hope that in the end good triumphs and not evil."
The Pope has "led us to return with strength to the faith and the truths in which the Church has always believed, amidst a world that makes everything relative," the cardinal continued.