PICTURE MADE AVAILABLE FRIDAY MARCH 1, 2013. AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE VATICAN NEWSPAPER L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO
In this photo provided Friday, March 1, 2013, firefighters place steps at the exit of the helicopter to allow then Pope Benedict XVI, sitting inside at center, to step out after his arrival from the Vatican to the pontiff's summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Benedict XVI left the Catholic Church in unprecedented limbo Thursday as he became the first pope in 600 years to resign, capping a tearful day of farewells that included an extraordinary pledge of obedience to his successor. Benedict's personal sercretary Archbishop Georg Gaenswein is seen second from right, and Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello is seen at left. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)