Thursday, April 23, 2009

Pope Benedict to Visit Tomb of Last Pope That Resigned

I saw this over at Whispers.

In other Vatican doings, next Tuesday the Pope will visit L'Aquila, the epicenter of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Italy's Abruzzo region early in Holy Week, killing close to 300 people and leaving another 65,000 homeless. Among other stops on the daylong trip, B16 will visit the tent city where thousands of displaced survivors have decamped and the collapsed dormitory that's become a symbol of the destruction.Along the way, he'll also make an intriguing stop at the tomb of Pope Celestine V -- the last Roman pontiff to resign the office. "In homage," Benedict will leave a papal pallium at the resting place of his predecessor, who died (possibly under sinister circumstances) two years after leaving office to seek "a purer life" in 1294.

Hmm I bet that will get people talking

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