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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
(FILES) A file picture taken on December 12, 2012 shows Pope Benedict XVI clicking on a tablet to send his first twitter message during his weekly general audience at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11, 2013 he will resign on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties, an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO
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(FILES) A file handout picture taken on March 25, 2012 and released by the Osservatore Romano shows Pope Benedict XVI wearing a sombrero in Leon. AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO
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(FILES) A file picture taken on April 20, 2008 shows Pope Benedict XVI arriving to celebrate a mass at the Yankee Stadium in New York. Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11, 2013 he will resign on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties, an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church. AFP PHOTO/POOL/MIKE SEGAR
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(FILES) A file picture taken on May 28, 2006 shows Pope Benedict XVI passing the gate as he arrived for a prayer in front of the death wall in the courtyard of the bloc 11 during a visit to the Auschwitz former death camp,in Oswiecim, during his last day of a four-day trip to Poland. . Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11, 2013 he will resign on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties, an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church. AFP PHOTO/ALBERTO PIZZOLI
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(FILES) A file picture taken on April 20, 2008 shows Pope Benedict XVI greeting a first responder during his visit at Ground Zero in New York. Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11, 2013 he will resign on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties, an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church. AFP PHOTO / POOL/ Pier Paolo Cito
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(FILES) A file handout picture taken on April 19, 2005 and released by the Osservatore Romano shows Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, waving from a balcony of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican after being elected by the conclave of cardinals.Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11, 2013 he will resign on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties, an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church.
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Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful during his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican in this September 26, 2007 file photo. Pope Benedict said on February 11, 2013 he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/Files
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Pope Benedict XVI wears a Saturno hat as he leaves at the end of his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican in this June 3, 2009 file photo. Pope Benedict said on February 11, 2013 he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito/Files RESIGNATION
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Picture taken in 1951 shows the family of Josef Ratzinger (up, R) in Freising, Bavaria, after the ordination of himself and his brother Georg (up L). Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11, 2013 he will resign as leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties -- an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church. (Bottom row : his sister Maria, his Mother Maria and his father Josef. ) AFP PHOTO /ERZBISTUM MUENCHEN UND FREISING
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(FILES) A photo taken in 1943 during World War II shows Joseph Ratzinger as a German Air Force assistant. Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11, 2013 he will resign as leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties -- an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church. AFP PHOTO/KNA-BILD
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Pope Benedict XVI greets participants of the first European Meeting of University Students at the Vatican in this July 11, 2009 file photo. Pope Benedict said on February 11, 2013 he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano/Files
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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives for the Immaculate Conception celebration prayer in Piazza di Spagna (Spain's Square) in downtown Rome in this December 8, 2011 file photo. Pope Benedict said on February 11, 2013 he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files
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A gust of wind lifts Pope Benedict XVI's mantle during the weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican in this June 8, 2011 file photo. Pope Benedict said on February 11, 2013 he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Max Rossi/Files
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Pope Benedict XVI leaves Oscott College seminary in Birmingham in this September 19, 2010 file photo. Pope Benedict said on February 11, 2013 he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Leon Neal/Pool/Files
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Pope Benedict XVI attends a consistory at the Vatican February 11, 2013, in this picture provided by Osservatore Romano. Pope Benedict said on Monday he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfil the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano
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Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, waves from a balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, in this April 19, 2005 file photo. Pope Benedict said on February 11, 2013 he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Max Rossi/Files
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, center, reads a document in Latin where he announces his resignation, during a meeting of Vatican cardinals, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message at the end of a meeting of Vatican cardinals, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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Pope Benedict XVI waves at the end of a Vespri mass at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside The Walls in Rome January 25, 2013. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
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A boy (L) releases a dove next to Pope Benedict XVI during the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican January 27, 2013. REUTERS/Max Rossi
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Pope Benedict XVI releases a dove from the window of his appartment at the end of his Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on January 27, 2013. The Pontiff and youth of the Catholic Action released two doves, symbol of peace. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO
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A boy (R) releases a dove next to Pope Benedict XVI during the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, in this picture provided by Osservatore Romano January 27, 2013. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano
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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican in this April 18, 2012 file photo. Pope Benedict will step down as head of the Catholic Church on Feb. 28, the Vatican confirmed on February 11, 2013. REUTERS/Max Rossi/Files
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(FILES) Pope Benedict XVI gestures as he prepares to sit with Chief Tel Aviv Rabbi, Holocaust survivor Yisrael Meir Lau (L), Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Speaker Reuven Rivlin (2L), Israeli President Shimon Peres (2R) and Avner Shalev, the Director of Yad Vashem, during a ceremony at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 11, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11, 2013 he will resign on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties, an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA
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(FILES) A file picture taken on May 29, 2006 and released by the Osservatore Romano shows Pope Benedict XVI paying his respect by the death wall during a visit to the former Auschwitz death camp. Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11, 2013 he will resign on February 28 because his age prevented him from carrying out his duties, an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church.
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Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle as he celebrates a mass for priests and nuns in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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A nun takes pictures to Pope Benedict XVI as he leaves after celebrating a mass for priests and nuns in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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Pope Benedict XVI gives the Holy communion during a Holy Mass for the Solemnity of the presentation of Our Lord on Febraury 2, 2013 at St Peter's basilica at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to attend a meeting with seminarians at the Romano Maggiore seminary in Rome February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
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Pope Benedict XVI listens to the chorus during his visit at the Roman seminary, in Rome Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Pope Benedict XVI prays during a meeting with seminarians at the Romano Maggiore seminary in Rome February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
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Pope Benedict XVI greets the youth in front of a huge Jesus Christ portrait in Krakow in this May 27, 2006 file photo. Pope Benedict said on February 11, 2013 he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/Files
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