Pope's final address: God was asleep on my watch
The Pope has told a huge crowd of followers that his papacy had moments of joy 
  but at times is "seemed like the Lord was sleeping", in his last audience in 
  St Peter's Square. 
ddressing an estimated 150,000 people in St Peter's Square the day before he 
  steps down, Benedict said his crisis-hit papacy had included moments of joy 
  but also difficulty when, "It seemed like the Lord was sleeping."
Benedict XVI referred to "stormy waters and headwinds" during his 
  pontificate, but he said God would not let the Church "sink". 
"The Lord gave us days of sun and of light breeze, days in which the 
  fishing was good. There were also moments when there were stormy waters and 
  headwinds," he said. 
Benedict thanked his cardinals, colleagues and ordinary faithful for their 
  support and for respecting his decision to become the first pope in 600 
  years to resign. He said that "to love the church means also to have 
  the courage to take difficult, painful decisions, always keeping the good of 
  the church in mind, not oneself."
He told thousands that his decision to resign "is the fruit of a serene 
  trust in God's will and a deep love of Christ's church."