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Pope Benedict XVI enters retirement

POSTED: 08:42 AM PDT Mar 11, 2013 UPDATED: 09:21 AM PDT Mar 13, 2013

What does retirement mean for Pope Benedict XVI?

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The simple residence comes complete with ornate gardens. Benedict will stay here before moving to the Mater Ecclesiae convent, a plain, four-story structure, which formerly housed a cloistered convent in the Vatican gardens.

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