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Pope Benedict XVI will continue to be known as Pope Benedict and addressed as "His Holiness," but after his resignation, he will add the title "emeritus" in one of two acceptable forms, either "Pope emeritus" or "Roman pontiff emeritus."

Pope Benedict to be 'Pope emeritus'

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI will continue to be known as Pope Benedict and addressed as "His Holiness," but after his resignation, he will add the title "emeritus" in one of two acceptable forms, either "Pope emeritus" or "Roman pontiff emeritus."

While @Pontifex hibernates during interregnum, @TerzaLoggia set to fly

While @Pontifex hibernates during interregnum, @TerzaLoggia set to fly

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VATICAN CITY - The Pope's @Pontifex Twitter fans will get two more tweets before the account goes into "hibernation" during the "sede vacante" period starting when Pope Benedict XVI steps down.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi

Vatican denounces press reports on papal transition

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VATICAN CITY - Vatican officials released a pair of unusual statements Feb. 23 condemning some press coverage of the papal transition.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, is pictured after a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Nov. 21, 2010, file photo. Cardinal O'Brien, 74, announced Feb. 25 that he will not participate in the conclave to elec t Pope Benedict XVI's successor. His resignation was accepted by the pope Feb. 18. The cardinal has been accused of "inappropriate conduct" by three priests and a former priest. He has denied the allegations.

Pope accepts cardinal's resignation; he'll stay away from conclave

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VATICAN CITY - Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien, 74, announced he would not participate in the conclave to elect Pope Benedict XVI's successor because he did not want media attention focused on him instead of the election of a new pope.

Pope allows cardinals to move up conclave date

Pope allows cardinals to move up conclave date

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VATICAN CITY - In his last week as pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI issued new rules for conclaves, including a clause that allows the College of Cardinals to move up the date for the beginning of the conclave to elect his successor.

Pope Benedict XVI greets Italian Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan during a private audience at the Vatican Feb. 16.

12 to watch as cardinals gather in Rome

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VATICAN CITY - Wherever journalists and bookmakers may be getting the names on their lists of top candidates for the next pope, it’s not from the cardinals who will actually vote in the election. Both custom and canon law forbid the cardinals to discuss the matter in such detail with outsiders.

U.S. House passes bill to help Sandy-ravaged houses of worship rebuild 

U.S. House passes bill to help Sandy-ravaged houses of worship rebuild 

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WASHINGTON - Many churches "were the only shelter available to people who lost their homes" during Hurricane Sandy, said Rep. Eliot Engel in arguing for federal assistance to help houses of worship still trying to recover from the storm.

Pope considering last-minute changes to conclave rules, Vatican says

Pope considering last-minute changes to conclave rules, Vatican says

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI is considering making some changes to the conclave rules and rituals before he leaves office Feb. 28, the Vatican spokesman confirmed.

Drs. Evelyn and John Billings are pictured in the garden of their home in Melbourne, Australia, in this 2004 file photo. Evelyn Billings, who with her husband pioneered a revolutionary church-backed method for couples to avoid or achieve conception, died February 16 after a short illness.

Dr. Billings helped develop widely used method of NFP

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MELBOURNE, Australia - Dr. Evelyn Billings, who with her husband, John, pioneered research that led them to develop a form of natural family planning supported by the Catholic Church, died Feb. 16 after a short illness. She was 95.

Pope Benedict XVI and Mustafa Cagrici, the grand mufti of Istanbul, pray in the Blue Mosque in Istanbul in this 2006 file photo. In trying to help people understand how belief in God is a natural part of life and provides grounding for the values that pr otect human dignity and peaceful coexistence, Pope Benedict saw Muslims and Jews as natural allies.

Pope Benedict saw Jews, Muslims as allies in defending belief in God 

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VATICAN CITY - In trying to help people understand how belief in God is a natural part of life and provides grounding for the values that protect human dignity and peaceful coexistence, Pope Benedict XVI saw Jews and Muslims as natural allies.

Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne, Germany, looks over the program for the annual meeting of the German bishops conference in Trier Feb. 18. At left is Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich. Both cardinals are eligible to take part in the upcoming conclave.

In plenary address, German bishops' head pays tribute to Pope Benedict 

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TRIER, Germany - The president of the German bishops' conference has asked Pope Benedict XVI's forgiveness for "errors committed against him" in his homeland, adding that most Germans respect him as a "spiritual and intellectual authority."

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