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(FILES) This file picture taken and released on January 27, 2013 by the Vatican Press Office shows Pope Benedict XVI waving to the crowd after releasing a dove from the window of his apartment at the end of his Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI on February 11, 2013 announced he will resign on February 28, a Vatican spokesman told AFP, which will make him the first pope to do so in centuries. AFP PHOTO / FILES / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / FRANCESCO SFORZA