Now a ‘simple pilgrim,’ Benedict resigns papacy

By Nicole Winfield, Frances D'emilio

Published February 28, 2013 5:00am ET

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Now a ‘simple pilgrim,’ Benedict resigns papacy — Pope Benedict XVI leaves after greeting the faithful from the balcony window of the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his first post-Vatican days and made his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) | Alessandra Tarantino

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — As bells tolled and the clock struck 8, the brass-studded wooden doors swung shut Thursday at this palace in the Italian hills, marking an end to Benedict XVI’s papacy and the start of his final journey as a “simple pilgrim.”

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