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(ANSA) - Vatican City, February 28 - Pope Benedict XVI's
time as pontiff has ended. The 85-year-old leader of the
Catholic church shocked the world on February 11 when he
announced he would be resigning on February 28. Benedict is the
first pope to abdicate since Gregory XI in 1415.
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