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| Cardinals prepare to pick new pope | | With the dust still settling from Benedict XVI's historic resignation as pope, the focus in Rome turns to the future Friday as the Roman Catholic cardinals prepare to meet to discuss a timetable for picking the new pontiff. |
| Benedict: 'I'm just a pilgrim' | | Benedict XVI's time as pope came to a historic end Thursday, as he became the first pontiff in six centuries to resign as leader of the world's Roman Catholics, who now number 1.2 billion. |
| Twitter says bye to pope, with a laugh | | For the first time in nearly 600 years, a reigning pope has resigned. And in what might also be a landmark event, Twitter was not flooded with jokes or parody accounts when the announcement was made two weeks ago. |
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