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Television vans are parked in front of the Via della Conciliazione leading to St Peter’s basilica and the Vatican on February 12, 2012 in Rome. The Catholic Church entered uncharted waters the same day after Pope Benedict XVI’s shock announcement the day before that he would become the first pontiff to resign in more than 700 years. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE