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February 27, 2013, Wednesday
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POPE Benedict XVI will be known as "emeritus pope" in his retirement and will continue to wear a white cassock, the Vatican announced yesterday.
The pope's title and what he would wear has been a major question ever since Benedict stunned the world and announced he would resign on Thursday, the first pontiff to do so in 600 years.
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said Benedict himself had made the decision in consultation with others.
Benedict decided he would be called "Your Holiness Benedict XVI" and either emeritus pope or emeritus Roman pontiff, Lombardi said.
While he will no longer wear his trademark red shoes, Benedict has taken a liking to a pair of hand-crafted brown loafers made for him by artisans in Mexico and presented to him during his 2012 visit. He will wear those in retirement.
Lombardi also elaborated on the College of Cardinals meetings that will take place after the papacy becomes vacant, crucial gatherings in which cardinals will discuss the problems facing the church and set a date for the start of the conclave to elect Benedict's successor.
The first meeting isn't now expected until March 4, Lombardi said, since the official convocation to cardinals to come to Rome will only go out on March 1, the first day of what's known as the "sede vacante," or the vacancy between papacies.
In all 115 cardinals under the age of 80 are expected in Rome for the conclave to vote on who should become the next pope.
Benedict was packing yesterday, arranging for documents to be sent to the various archives at the Vatican and separating out the personal papers he will take with him into retirement.
Today Benedict will hold his final public general audience in St Peter's Square.
Tomorrow he meets with his cardinals in the morning and then flies to Castel Gandolfo, the papal residence south of Rome. And at 8pm, the exact time at which his retirement becomes official, the Swiss Guards standing outside the doors of the palazzo at Castel Gandolfo will go inside, their service protecting the head of the Catholic Church now finished.
The pope's title and what he would wear has been a major question ever since Benedict stunned the world and announced he would resign on Thursday, the first pontiff to do so in 600 years.
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said Benedict himself had made the decision in consultation with others.
Benedict decided he would be called "Your Holiness Benedict XVI" and either emeritus pope or emeritus Roman pontiff, Lombardi said.
While he will no longer wear his trademark red shoes, Benedict has taken a liking to a pair of hand-crafted brown loafers made for him by artisans in Mexico and presented to him during his 2012 visit. He will wear those in retirement.
Lombardi also elaborated on the College of Cardinals meetings that will take place after the papacy becomes vacant, crucial gatherings in which cardinals will discuss the problems facing the church and set a date for the start of the conclave to elect Benedict's successor.
The first meeting isn't now expected until March 4, Lombardi said, since the official convocation to cardinals to come to Rome will only go out on March 1, the first day of what's known as the "sede vacante," or the vacancy between papacies.
In all 115 cardinals under the age of 80 are expected in Rome for the conclave to vote on who should become the next pope.
Benedict was packing yesterday, arranging for documents to be sent to the various archives at the Vatican and separating out the personal papers he will take with him into retirement.
Today Benedict will hold his final public general audience in St Peter's Square.
Tomorrow he meets with his cardinals in the morning and then flies to Castel Gandolfo, the papal residence south of Rome. And at 8pm, the exact time at which his retirement becomes official, the Swiss Guards standing outside the doors of the palazzo at Castel Gandolfo will go inside, their service protecting the head of the Catholic Church now finished.
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