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Thousands attend pope’s last blessing at St. Peter’s Square

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI gave his pontificate’s final Sunday blessing from his studio window to the cheers of tens of thousands of people packing St. Peter’s Square, but sought to reassure the faithful that he wasn’t abandoning the church by retiring to spend his final years in prayer.

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