Pope Benedict made history by being the first Pope in over 700 years to resign from office.
Last Testament is nearest to an autobiography from the shy and private man who has remained ``hidden to the world`` in a former convent in the Vatican gardens..
Worn out by corruption in the Church and by an endless series of clerical sex scandals, he decided that the resolution of all these problems was outside his power for a man of his age.
The Catholic Church the world over was stunned.
Pope Benedict made history by being the first Pope in over 700 years to resign from office