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Vatican City, Mar 1, 2013 \/ 11:20 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Benedict XVI ate dinner, watched the news with Archbishop Georg G\u00e4nswein and slept soundly during his first night as a retired pontiff.
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\n\t\u201cWe spoke with Archbishop Georg G\u00e4nswein this morning and he told us that both of them slept very well, had dinner and watched two Italian newscasts of the days events,\u201d Vatican press office director Father Federico Lombardi said March 1.
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\n\t\u201cThe Pope was immersed in the profound and beautiful expression of the people at Castel Gandolfo,\u201d Fr. Lombardi told journalists at a daily briefing.
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\n\tThe Pope emeritus prayed Evening Prayer after dinner, read messages that people sent to him and took a walk through the halls of Castel Gandolfo.
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\n\tAnother activity that he is expected to take up is playing the piano. It emerged Feb. 28 that Benedict XVI had been playing the piano every evening after dinner in the weeks leading up to his resignation.
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\n\tFr. Lombardi noted \u201cBenedict brought CDs of his favorite music and many books of theology, spirituality and history. And he will probably soon resume playing the piano.\u201d
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\n\t\u201cHe was very peaceful and he woke up very peacefully after having slept well,\u201d said Fr. Lombardi. \u201cHe has shown a great interior serenity that was reflected in his face.\u201d
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\n\tHe woke up this morning in time to celebrate Mass at 7:00 a.m., as he normally does, and at 4:00 p.m. he walked through Castel Gandolfo\u2019s gardens praying the Rosary.
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\n\tArchbishop G\u00e4nswein also reported that among the books Benedict XVI took with him was \u201cHans urs von Balthasar\u2019s Theological Aesthetics,\u201d which he bought as soon as it was released.
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\n\tIn 1988 then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger went to the funeral of von Balthasar, who is considered to be one of the most important theologians of the 20th century.
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\n\tBenedict XVI will live at Castel Gandolfo until restoration work is finished at Mater Ecclesiae monastery, where he will be permanently living a life of prayer inside the Vatican walls.
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\n\tThe cardinals who will participate in helping choose the next pontiff will have their first official meetings March 4 at 9:30 a.m. and a second one at 5:00 p.m. at the Vatican\u2019s New Synod Hall.
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\n\tThe date of the conclave is expected to be set soon after the meetings start.
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