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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/09/bMm2A.St.138.jpeg|455A poster of Pope Benedict XVI with writing reading in Italian," You will stay always with us. Thank you" is seen near Rome's Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Benedict will leave the Apostolic palace inside the Vatican for the last time as pontiff, head to the helipad at the top of the hill in the Vatican gardens and fly to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo south of Rome. There, at 8 p.m. sharp, Benedict will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/09/5P2Uw.St.138.jpeg|445People wait for the taking off of the helicopter which will take Pope Benedict XVI to Castel Gandolfo in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Pope Benedict will leave the Apostolic palace inside the Vatican for the last time as pontiff, head to the helipad at the top of the hill in the Vatican gardens and fly to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo south of Rome. There, at 8 p.m. sharp, Benedict will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/09/19l13G.St.138.jpeg|465People wait for the taking off of the helicopter which will take Pope Benedict XVI to Castel Gandolfo in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Pope Benedict will leave the Apostolic palace inside the Vatican for the last time as pontiff, head to the helipad at the top of the hill in the Vatican gardens and fly to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo south of Rome. There, at 8 p.m. sharp, Benedict will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/09/XwQB3.St.138.jpeg|525A helicopter with Pope Benedict XVI onboard leaves the Vatican in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. The 85-year-old German Pope Benedict is stepping down on Thursday evening, the first pope to do so in 600 years, after saying he no longer has the mental or physical strength to vigorously lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/09/thwoM.St.138.jpeg|399Faithful carry a banner in German reading "Thank You" as they watch a giant screen showing Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. The 85-year-old German Pope Benedict is stepping down on Thursday evening, the first pope to do so in 600 years, after saying he no longer has the mental or physical strength to vigorously lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/08/tzxQb.St.138.jpeg|446Two men stand with a banner reading "Poland Thanks You" on the Zamkowy Square in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, on the final day of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy. At 8 p.m. Benedict will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/08/14AlqK.St.138.jpeg|446A nun clasps her hands as she waits near the Pope's summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where Pope Benedict XVI will spend his first post-Vatican days and make his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/08/ZJFTv.St.138.jpeg|388Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd from the window of the Pope's summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his first post-Vatican days and make his last public blessing as pope, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/08/1mv8rL.St.138.jpeg|404Pope Benedict XVI waves from the balcony window of the Pontifical summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, some 35 kilometers south of Rome, to a cheering crowd gathered to see him the day he ends his pontificate, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/08/1kb2q1.St.138.jpeg|525Pope Benedict XVI talks from the balcony window of the Pontifical summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, some 35 kilometers south of Rome, to a cheering crowd gathered to see him the day he ends his pontificate, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/08/15JHG3.St.138.jpeg|408People wave from a window facing the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where Pope Benedict XVI will spend his first post-Vatican days and made his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/08/14mIAm.St.138.jpeg|416CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Pilgrims wait for Pope Benedict XVI to wave, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Emeritus Pope. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/08/d36og.St.138.jpeg|525CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Pilgrims wait for Pope Benedict XVI to wave, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Emeritus Pope. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/07/VV3iJ.St.138.jpeg|416CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Nuns pray as they wait for Pope Benedict XVI to wave to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Emeritus Pope. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/07/4HbJJ.St.138.jpeg|525CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Nuns pray as they wait for Pope Benedict XVI to wave to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Emeritus Pope. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/07/6pJVZ.St.138.jpeg|416CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Nuns cheer as Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Emeritus Pope. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/03/1nsb02.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: A woman holds a rosary as she follows the livestreaming online of Pope Benedict XVI arrival in Castel Gandolfo on a screen in St Peter's Square on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/03/iROam.St.138.jpeg|442VATICAN CITY, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Nuns follow the livestreaming online coverge of Pope Benedict XVI's departeure on a screen in St Peter's Square on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/02/bYQyi.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Nuns follow the livestreaming online coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's departeure on a screen in St Peter's Square on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/02/8trGL.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Nuns follow the livestreaming online coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's departeure on a screen in St Peter's Square on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/06/8UgUQ.St.138.jpeg|416CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: A banner bearing the Papal Seal is unfurled before Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Emeritus Pope. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/06/1hlffv.St.138.jpeg|416CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Nuns wait for Pope Benedict XVI to wave to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Emeritus Pope. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/06/16KYbN.St.138.jpeg|415ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman Pope Emeritus. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/05/135Xmg.St.138.jpeg|415ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman Pope Emeritus. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/05/vwaN0.St.138.jpeg|525ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Pope Benedict XVI blesses pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman Pope Emeritus. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/05/LG37E.St.138.jpeg|525ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: A nun waves her handkerchief as she waits for Pope Benedict XVI to address pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman Pope Emeritus. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Alternate crop of #162841985
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/05/e6zcb.St.138.jpeg|416A nun holds a sign as she waits for Pope Benedict XVI to greet the crowd at the Pope's summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his first post-Vatican days and make his last public blessing as pope,Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/04/1tOajY.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: A woman cries as she follows the livestreaming coverage of Pope Benedict XVI arrival in Castel Gandolfo on a screen in St Peter's Square on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/04/dgErb.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: A woman cries as she follows the livestreaming coverage of Pope Benedict XVI arrival in Castel Gandolfo on a screen in St Peter's Square on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/04/QNNza.St.138.jpeg|525VATICAN CITY, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: A nun weeps as she is following the livestreaming coverage of Pope Benedict XVI arrival in Castel Gandolfo on a screen in St Peter's Square on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/04/1se66E.St.138.jpeg|416ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: People stand on balconys over the main Square of Castel Gandolfo crowded with pilgrims as Pope Benedict XVI arrives, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, at the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman Pope Emeritus. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/03/1U8RY.St.138.jpeg|416ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: (EDITOR'S NOTE: A fisheye lens was used for this picture) A general view of the main Square of Castel Gandolfo crowded with pilgrims as Pope Benedict XVI arrives, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, at the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman Pope Emeritus. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/03/9J3AQ.St.138.jpeg|525ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims, for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman Pope Emeritus. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/06/J4JRW.St.138.jpeg|525ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Pope Benedict XVI walks away for the last time as head of the Catholic Church, from the window of Castel Gandolfo where he will start his retirement today on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman Pope Emeritus. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/03/10RPYu.St.138.jpeg|525Pope Benedict XVI walks away after addressing the crowd from the window of the Pope's summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his first post-Vatican days and make his last public blessing as pope, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/05/1ssJPB.St.138.jpeg|351This image taken from video provided by CTV via AP video shows the helicopter carrying Pope Benedict XVI on his way to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo passing over the Colosseum in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Benedict XVI greeted the faithful for the last time as pope on Thursday, telling tearful well-wishers that he is beginning the final stage of his life as "simply a pilgrim," hours before he becomes the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. The pope's journey into retirement began with an emotion-drenched sendoff from the Vatican, with Swiss Guards in full regalia standing in attention and prelates kneeling to kiss the papal ring — Benedict's closest aide weeping by his side. (AP Photo/CTV via AP Video)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/04/1fO1JK.St.138.jpeg|525VATICAN CITY, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Nuns wave as the helicopter carrying Pope Benedict XVI passes by St Peter's Square on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Italy. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/28/21/05/TZ0Sw.St.138.jpeg|352ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: People crowd the gallery on top of St Peter's Basilica as a helicopter carrying Pope Benedict XVI passes by on its way out of Vatican City on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Pontiff is flying to Castel Gandolfo where he will cease to be Pope at 8:00pm local time. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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