The decision to resign took the spokesman by surprise, not Benedict’s failing health, Or were you trying to be cute?
Moses said:
Psalm 90:10
Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
So my question is: Should we pray for 'healing' to those who have reached 70? or 80 at the max?
No, I’m not trying to be cute.
If his health is that obviously failing, why should it come as a surprise to anyone that he would resign?