on 2013-02-24
Pope Benedict XVI has been reassuring his followers that he isn’t abandoning the Roman Catholic church.
He gave his final Sunday blessing to a packed crowd in Saint Peter’s Square.
The 85-year-old pontiff stepped down from his post earlier this month.
Al Jazeera’s Paul Brennan reports from Rome.
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