Vatican City, Vatican 13/02/2013: Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves after the mass for Ash Wednesday, opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for the Christians, before the Holy Week and Easter, at St Peter's basilica at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance on Wednesday since his shock resignation announcement. ©Andrea Sabbadini

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