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    World reacts to Pope's resignation

    Pope Benedict left the Catholic world in shock after becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to resign his office, saying that failing strength had left him unable to lead the church through a period of relentless change and turmoil.

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    1. Faithful attend Pope Benedict XVI
    2. Nuns pray prior to Pope Benedict XVI
    3. Nuns pray as they wait for Pope Benedict XVI
    4. Faithful hold up a banner with pictures of Pope Benedict XVI and writing reading in Italian "Thank you" as they attend Benedict
    5. A priest displays a placard in St. Peter
    6. Vatican spokesman Father Lombardi talks to reporters during a news conference at the Vatican
    7. Adelina Hidalgo holds a photograph of Pope Benedict as she kneels inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador
    8. A policeman hold the Osservatore Romano newspaper in Rome
    9. Workers remove a painting of Pope Benedict XVI from the press conference room after the head of Spain
    10. A woman, dressed as a cardinal and wearing a hog mask, holds a banner while yelling slogans against the Catholic clergy outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City
    11. US Vice President Joe Biden makes a remark on the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI at the conclusion of a a roundtable discussion on gun control at Girard College in Philadelphia
    12. A woman looks at religious articles at a shop in the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City
    13. A man walks inside the Cathedral of St. Paul of Abidjan
    14. A reveller dressed like the Pope holds a sign while joking with other revellers from the Sergeant Pepper
    15. A woman prays during a mass at a catholic church in Seoul
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