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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - N° 44a
DATE 28-02-2013
Summary:
- BENEDICT XVI: TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE CHURCH AND OF HUMANITY
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BENEDICT XVI: TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE CHURCH AND OF HUMANITY
Vatican City, 28 February 2013 (VIS) – This afternoon, shortly after
5:00pm, Benedict XVI left the Vatican for the last time as Supreme Pontiff. A
few moments earlier, in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Vatican Apostolic
Palace, Cardinal Tarcisio
Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State of His Holiness, and other members of that
dicastery bid him farewell. In full military regalia, the Swiss Guard troops
paid him homage. Also present were Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of
Rome, and Cardinal
Angelo Comastri, vicar general of His Holiness for Vatican City. Many of the
workers of the Vatican City State, with their families, were also in
attendance and greeted the Pope with warm applause.
Before leaving the Vatican, Benedict XVI issued his last tweet: “Thank
you for your love and support. May you always experience the joy that comes
from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.”
Shortly afterwards the Holy Father, accompanied by his private secretary,
Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the Papal Household, took a car to the
Vatican heliport where the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo
Sodano, greeted him and
he boarded the helicopter that carried him to Castel Gandolfo. As the
helicopter lifted off, the bells of St. Peter's Basilica and the churches of
Roma began ringing.
The Pope's helicopter flew over the city of Rome, passing by the Colosseum and
St. John Lateran Basilica, and landed at the Castel Gandolfo heliport just
after 5:20pm. Awaiting the Holy Father were Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello and
Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca,
respectively president and secretary general of the Governorate of Vatican
City State along with Saverio Petrillo, director of the Pontifical Villas,
Bishop Marcello Semeraro of the Diocese of Albano, and civil and religious
authorities of the area. The
Pope was then taken by car to the Castel Gandolfo Apostolic Palace, where he
was greeted by hundreds of people while the bells of Castel Gandolfo's
parishes rang out.
Shortly afterwards, Benedict XVI appeared at the balcony of the Apostolic
Palace and said to the many faithful who were waiting to thank him for his
pontificate: “Thank you. Thank you all. Dear friends, I am happy to be
with you, surrounded by the
beauty of Creation and your well wishes, which do me such good. Thank you for
your friendship and your affection. You know that this day is different for me
than the preceding ones. I am no longer the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic
Church, or I will be
until 8:00 this evening and then no longer. I am simply a pilgrim beginning
the last leg of his pilgrimage on this earth. But I would still—with my
heart, with my love, with my prayers, with my reflection, and with all my
inner strength—like
to work for the common good and the Good of the Church and of humanity. I feel
very supported by your kindness. Let us go forward with the Lord for the good
of the Church and the world. Thank you. I now wholeheartedly impart my
blessing. Blessed be God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Good night!
Thank you all!”
Benedict XVI's pontificate concludes at 8:00pm this evening (Rome time), at
which time the period of the Sede Vacante begins. The Swiss Guards will no
longer be in charge of his safekeeping—which detail will then be
undertaken by the Vatican
Gendarmerie—and will return to the Vatican to offer their service to the
College of Cardinals. During this period the twitter account @Pontifex will be
deactivated. Once elected, the new Pope may, if he so desires, take over its
use. Benedict
XVI's Fisherman's Ring and the seal of his pontificate will also be destroyed
at that time and the papal apartments in the Vatican Palace will be sealed.
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VISnews130228
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - N° 44aDATE 28-02-2013
Summary: - BENEDICT XVI: TO WORK FOR THE
GOOD OF THE CHURCH AND OF
HUMANITY
BENEDICT XVI: TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE CHURCH AND OF HUMANITY
Vatican City, 28 February 2013 (VIS) – This afternoon, shortly after
5:00pm, Benedict XVI left the Vatican for the last time as Supreme Pontiff. A
few moments earlier, in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Vatican Apostolic
Palace, Cardinal
Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State of His Holiness, and other
members of that dicastery bid him farewell. In full military regalia, the
Swiss Guard troops paid him homage. Also present were Cardinal Agostino
Vallini, vicar general of Rome, and
Cardinal Angelo Comastri, vicar general of His Holiness for Vatican City. Many
of the workers of the Vatican City State, with their families, were also in
attendance and greeted the Pope with warm applause.
Before leaving the Vatican, Benedict XVI issued his last tweet:
“Thank you for your love and support. May you always experience the joy
that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.”
Shortly afterwards the Holy Father, accompanied by his private secretary,
Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the Papal Household, took a car to the
Vatican heliport where the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo
Sodano, greeted him
and he boarded the helicopter that carried him to Castel Gandolfo. As the
helicopter lifted off, the bells of St. Peter's Basilica and the churches of
Roma began ringing.
The Pope's helicopter flew over the city of Rome, passing by the Colosseum
and St. John Lateran Basilica, and landed at the Castel Gandolfo heliport just
after 5:20pm. Awaiting the Holy Father were Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello and
Bishop Giuseppe
Sciacca, respectively president and secretary general of the Governorate of
Vatican City State along with Saverio Petrillo, director of the Pontifical
Villas, Bishop Marcello Semeraro of the Diocese of Albano, and civil and
religious authorities of the
area. The Pope was then taken by car to the Castel Gandolfo Apostolic Palace,
where he was greeted by hundreds of people while the bells of Castel
Gandolfo's parishes rang out.
Shortly afterwards, Benedict XVI appeared at the balcony of the Apostolic
Palace and said to the many faithful who were waiting to thank him for his
pontificate: “Thank you. Thank you all. Dear friends, I am happy to be
with you, surrounded by
the beauty of Creation and your well wishes, which do me such good. Thank you
for your friendship and your affection. You know that this day is different
for me than the preceding ones. I am no longer the Supreme Pontiff of the
Catholic Church, or I
will be until 8:00 this evening and then no longer. I am simply a pilgrim
beginning the last leg of his pilgrimage on this earth. But I would
still—with my heart, with my love, with my prayers, with my reflection,
and with all my inner
strength—like to work for the common good and the Good of the Church and
of humanity. I feel very supported by your kindness. Let us go forward with
the Lord for the good of the Church and the world. Thank you. I now
wholeheartedly impart
my blessing. Blessed be God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Good
night! Thank you all!”
Benedict XVI's pontificate concludes at 8:00pm this evening (Rome time), at
which time the period of the Sede Vacante begins. The Swiss Guards will no
longer be in charge of his safekeeping—which detail will then be
undertaken by the Vatican
Gendarmerie—and will return to the Vatican to offer their service to the
College of Cardinals. During this period the twitter account @Pontifex will be
deactivated. Once elected, the new Pope may, if he so desires, take over its
use. Benedict
XVI's Fisherman's Ring and the seal of his pontificate will also be destroyed
at that time and the papal apartments in the Vatican Palace will be sealed.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
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