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349 posted on 05/02/2013 10:12:20 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to leave Castel Gandolfo by helicopter at 4:30 EDT this afternoon - Pope Francis to meet him on arrival his arrival

All of 80 days since Joseph Ratzinger turned the topmost reality of a 1.1 billion-member church on its head, later today brings even more history as the now Pope-Emeritus Benedict XVI returns to the Vatican to take up residence in his new home at a converted monastery in the city-state's gardens.

Viva il Papa Benedict!

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350 posted on 05/02/2013 10:20:17 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)