Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI visits Castel Gandolfo
Vatican City, 20 August 2013: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI made a short visit to Castel
Gandolfo, the summer residence of Popes, on Sunday afternoon. He recited the rosary
there and then attended a short concert of classical music. He returned to the Vatican
in the evening.This was the first time Pope emeritus, Benedict XVI, left Vatican City since he arrived there on Thursday, 2nd May 2013, after a short stay in Castle Gandolfo.
Pope Benedict, who retired at the end of February this year, now lives in a former convent in the Vatican gardens. The sparsely decorated Mater Ecclesiae is just a few hundred meters from the Vatican guesthouse where Pope Francis has opted to live.
Pope Emeritus shares the refurbished building with his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, and the four women – members of the Catholic fellowship Communion and Liberation – who cook the pope's meals and look after his household.
Source: VR Sedoc
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