(FILE PHOTO) FILE - February 11, 2013: Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he is to resign on February 28, 2013. VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 24: Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithfuls as he leaves St. Peter's Basilica at the end of the Christmas night mass on December 24, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)