Pope Benedict XVI delivers final Sunday prayers

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican on Sunday to hear Pope Benedict XVI deliver his last Sunday prayer.

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VATICAN CITY Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican on Sunday to hear Pope Benedict XVI deliver his last Sunday prayer. The pope told the huge crowd that he was not abandoning the church and would continue to serve through prayer after his retirement later this week. Pope Benedict XVI delivers final Sunday prayers The pope, leader of more than a billion Catholics around the world, will hold his final general audience in St. Peter's on Wednesday. Cardinals are arriving in Rome to elect Benedict's successor as the Vatican battles unsavory media reports. The Vatican has criticized the media for adding what it called defamatory "pressures" on cardinals ahead of the election. The Vatican secretariat of state said Saturday that the "widespread distribution of often unverified, unverifiable or completely false news stories" is "deplorable" and causes serious damage to people and institutions. Italian newspapers recently have put out unsourced reports about the contents of a secret dossier prepared for the pope that was linked to the 2012 scandal over leaked Vatican documents. Pope Benedict XVI announced earlier this month that he was resigning for health reasons. He is the first pope to step aside in hundreds of years. Current rules call for the cardinals who elect the pope to meet on March 15, which is 15 days after Benedict formally steps down. Benedict is 85 years old. He was elected pope in 2005 to replace the late John Paul the Second. Pope Benedict XVI is seen addressing the crowd at St. Peter's Square (Tanjug) VOA

Pope Benedict XVI delivers final Sunday prayers

The pope, leader of more than a billion Catholics around the world, will hold his final general audience in St. Peter's on Wednesday.

Cardinals are arriving in Rome to elect Benedict's successor as the Vatican battles unsavory media reports.

The Vatican has criticized the media for adding what it called defamatory "pressures" on cardinals ahead of the election.

The Vatican secretariat of state said Saturday that the "widespread distribution of often unverified, unverifiable or completely false news stories" is "deplorable" and causes serious damage to people and institutions.

Italian newspapers recently have put out unsourced reports about the contents of a secret dossier prepared for the pope that was linked to the 2012 scandal over leaked Vatican documents.

Pope Benedict XVI announced earlier this month that he was resigning for health reasons. He is the first pope to step aside in hundreds of years.

Current rules call for the cardinals who elect the pope to meet on March 15, which is 15 days after Benedict formally steps down.

Benedict is 85 years old. He was elected pope in 2005 to replace the late John Paul the Second.

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