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Saturday, 02 March 2013
Vatican takes first steps running pope-less church
NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press= VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican took the first steps of governing a Catholic Church without a pope on Friday, making some ceremonial and practical moves to formalize the end of one pontificate and prepare for the conclave to start the next. Benedict XVI's 8 p.m. resignation Thursday opened what is known as the "sede vacante" or "vacant see" — the transition period between papacies when a few key Vatican officials take charge of running the church. The dean of...
Full Story: The Guardian
 


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