That view was widely held to be the final word on papal resignations until Pope Benedict contradicted it in a book-length interview with a German journalist.
That view was widely held to be the final word on papal resignations until Pope Benedict contradicted it in a book-length interview with a German journalist, Light of the World.
Lawyers who spoke at the debate said that the government's claim on retaining data contradicted the European Human Rights Act which states that there must be a good reason to interfere with personal data.