Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 05:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI surprised the cardinals and organizers of a Feb. 28 farewell ceremony by saying the future Pope is present and that he already pledges his “unconditional respect and obedie…

Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 05:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican’s post office is issuing a special cancelation stamp to mark the end of Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy.

A Feb. 28 communiqué from the post office reproduces the speci…

Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 04:25 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Echoing the disciples on the Road to Emmaus, Cardinal Angelo Sodano told Pope Benedict that the cardinals’ hearts “burned when walking with you in the past eight years.”

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