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  • St Peter's Basilica is pictured at the Vatican February 12, 2013.
  • St Peter's Basilica is pictured at the Vatican February 12, 2013.
  • St Peter's Basilica is pictured at the Vatican February 12, 2013.
  • Clouds are seen over the St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 12, 2013.
  • Clouds are seen over St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 12, 2013.
  • Clouds are seen over St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 12, 2013.
  • St. Peter's Basilica is pictured at the Vatican February 12, 2013.
  • Pilgrims hold a cross as they pray in front of Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 11, 2013.
  • A view of the windows of the private apartment of Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican February 12, 2013. Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church on Monday when he announced he would stand down, the first pope to do so in 700 years, saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to carry on.
  • A statue is seen in front of a window of Pope Benedict's XVI private apartment at the Vatican February 11, 2013. Pope Benedict will step down as head of the Catholic Church on February 28, a Vatican spokesman said on Monday.
  • The moon rises near St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 12, 2013.
  • Workers prepare St. Peter's Basilica for the Ash Wednesday ceremony at the Vatican February 12, 2013. Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church on Monday when he announced he would stand down, the first pope to do so in 700 years, saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to carry on.
  • Workers prepare St. Peter's Basilica for the Ash Wednesday ceremony at the Vatican February 12, 2013. Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church on Monday when he announced he would stand down, the first pope to do so in 700 years, saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to carry on.
  • Cardinals with bishops and priests walk in front of St. Peter Basilica before Pope Benedict XVI's special audience with priests of the Diocese of Rome in Paul VI's hall at the Vatican February 14, 2013.
  • Faithful watch the Ash Wednesday mass led by Pope Benedict XVI on a giant screen in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican February 13, 2013.
  • Nuns leaves at the end of the Ash Wednesday mass led by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 13, 2013.
  • Priests looks on at the end of the Ash Wednesday mass led by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 13, 2013.
  • The convent from where Pope Benedict XVI will retire from March is seen at the Vatican February 12, 2013.
  • The monastery from where Pope Benedict XVI will retire from March 2013 is seen at the Vatican in this picture taken in January 2011.
  • A view of Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 14, 2013.
  • An empty papal throne is pictured at St. Peter's Basilica before the Ash Wednesday mass at the Vatican February 13, 2013.
  • An empty papal throne lies in the Vatican's Paul VI hall before Pope Benedict XVI's Wednesday general audience February 13, 2013.