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VATICAN CITY\u2014Pope Benedict XVI will have the official title of “pontiff emeritus” after he resigns on Thursday — the first leader of the Catholic Church to do so since the Middle Ages, the Vatican said.<\/p>\n\n
Benedict can be addressed as “Your Holiness”, can continue wearing his white papal cassock and will have the title of “Roman Pontiff Emeritus”, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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