Shocker: Pope Benedict's Red Shoes Weren't Prada

Shocker: Pope Benedict's Red Shoes Weren't Prada

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict left the Vatican on Thursday after pledging unconditional obedience to whoever succeeds him to guide the Roman Catholic Church at one of the most crisis-ridden periods in its 2,000-year history. The first pope in

Benedict XVI, the conservative whose most revolutionary act in eight years of papacy was arguably the way in which he left it, was now the emeritus pope, as fallible as any other. With no funeral and no mourning, the Holy See had become sede vacante.

Pope Benedict XVI left Vatican City Friday for the last time as head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was taken by helicopter to Castel Gandolfo where he will remain until April. “While it's a bittersweet moment, I always find

Now that the Church is in the rare position of “sede vacante” as we await the election of a new Pope, is good to ponder the final speeches of His Holiness, Pope Benedict. As his last public legacy they contain a great deal to

MONTEFORTE,FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Image. Commentary: (MoneyWatch) Now that Pope Benedict XVI has stepped down, trading his red shoes for brown, his exit prompts a question we can all relate to: What's the best way to leave a job?