Pope Benedict has been asked whether he had ever considered resigning and if there should be a Third Vatican Council, in a new book due out this month.
The German journalist Peter Seewald asked the Pope a controversial set of questions over a week-long series of interviews during the summer for a new book entitled Light of the World, The Pope, The Church and The Signs Of The Times.
Mr Seewald asked the Holy Father questions about clerical abuse crisis, whether the Pope had ever considered resigning and whether the Church should rethink its teaching on celibacy, contraception, women priests and same-sex relationships.
