Photos: Thousands jam St. Peter’s for pope’s last audience
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - FEBRUARY 27: A Swiss Guard stands in St Peter's Square ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's final general audience before his retirement on February 27, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Pontiff will hold his last weekly public audience later before he abdicates tomorrow. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He cites ailing health as his reason for retirement and will spend the rest of his life in solitude away from public engagements. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
