History in the making as Benedict returns to set up house in Vatican

Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 06:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A new page will be written in Vatican history on Thursday, when Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI returns to take up permanent residency in the city-state.The unprecedented arrangement of reigning pope living a short distance from a retired pope will begin when Benedict arrives at the newly renovated Mater Ecclesiae monastery late Thursday afternoon.The pope emeritus will make the short helicopter flight...    

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