Pope to bid Catholics farewell in St Peter's on Feb. 27
InternationalFeb 12, 2013
VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- Pope Benedict XVI will bid his followers farewell in a final audience in St Peter's Square on Feb. 27, the day before he officially steps down, a Vatican spokesman said on Tuesday."The last general audience will be held in the square since a lot of people will come," Federico Lombardi said at a press briefing.Lombardi also said the pope's traditional Ash Wednesday mass on Feb. 13 would be his last major religious ceremony as pope together with other prelates.The mass, which