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Vatican City, Feb 21, 2013 \/ 09:38 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- At a press briefing to preview the Pope\u2019s final events, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said now is a time to grow spiritually and not fabricate stories on possible Vatican division.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe\u2019re in a deep spiritual time and we should be preparing ourselves for the \u2018sede vacante\u2019 and the new Pope,\u201d said Fr. Lombardi, the Holy See press office director.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cNow is a time for seeking the spiritual well-being of everyone within the Church. And I personally invite you to prepare yourself spiritually for this,\u201d he said at a Feb. 21 press briefing.<\/p>\n

\tHe told journalists \u201cit is natural that there are comments these days that tend to incite talk about conflict and organized groups within the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt was foreseeable that this would happen in a situation like this, but it is not what the Holy Father and the Church invite us to do,\u201d said Fr. Lombardi.<\/p>\n

\tAfter offering these thoughts, he made two corrections to a story that ran in an Italian newspaper today.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Lombardi also detailed the Pope\u2019s events over the last seven days of his pontificate.<\/p>\n

\tThe Holy Father is currently attending the annual Lenten spiritual exercises, which will end on Feb. 23 at 9:00 a.m. He will deliver a short speech of thanks to Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi for preaching the meditations and a greeting to the Curia members that participated in the week long retreat.<\/p>\n

\tPope Benedict will then meet privately with Italy\u2019s president, Giorgio Napolitano, and his delegation at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

\tSunday, the 24th of February, will be the last Angelus gathering presided over by Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

\tThe final public event for Pope Benedict will be his Feb. 27 general audience, during which he will travel around St. Peter\u2019s Square in the popemobile to greet the public.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt\u2019s an audience that we will live with great emotions, but the structure will not change,\u201d Fr. Lombardi commented.<\/p>\n

\tThe Pope will then meet with all the cardinals who are in Rome on Feb. 28, including those who will have travelled from abroad.<\/p>\n

\tEach cardinal will have a chance to greet him personally in the Clementine Hall during the 11:00 a.m. meeting.<\/p>\n

\tPope Benedict XVI will meet with the Vatican\u2019s Secretary of State at 5:00 p.m. and will travel by helicopter to Castel Gandolfo, where he will greet locals at the square and be received by the town\u2019s mayor and the parish priest.<\/p>\n

\tThe Vatican\u2019s television channel, CTV, will begin live broadcast a few minutes prior to his departure from the Vatican.<\/p>\n

\tOn the possibility of changing the conclave to an earlier date, Fr. Lombardi noted \u201cthere is no possibility of giving a date before the decision is made by the congregation of the cardinals during the sede vacante.\u201d<\/p>\n

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