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Benedict Departs Vatican, Ends Papacy

Doors symbolically closed as he flies to summer residence

(Newser) - The massive doors to the pope's Castel Gandolfo residence have swung shut, symbolically ending Pope Benedict XVI's tenure as pope. The doors closed just after 8pm local time (2pm Eastern), USA Today reports, about three hours after Benedict had left the Vatican for the last time as pope...

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