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How long will Pope Benedict XVI Reing?

Oldest Pope elected at age 78.

Until he resigns or dies.

The Code of Canon Law (Canon 332 §2) allows for a papal resignation:

If it happens that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that the resignation is made freely and properly manifested but not that it is accepted by anyone.

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P16.HTM

Here are a few popes who resigned:

Pope Benedict IX in 1045: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02429a.htm

Pope Gregory VI in 1046: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791a.htm

Pope St. Celestine V in 1294: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03479b.htm

Pope Gregory XII in 1415: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001a.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01031a.htm

With love in Christ.