People gather in the town square of Castel Gandolfo for Pope Benedict XVI’s final public appearance on Feb. 28 as pope. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

17 Nov 2017

By The Record

People gather in the town square of Castel Gandolfo for Pope Benedict XVI's final public appearance on Feb. 28 as pope. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

A helicopter carrying Pope Benedict XVI takes off from inside the Vatican on its way to the to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Feb. 28, the final day of his papacy. (CNS photo/Stefano Rellandini, Reuters) (Feb. 28, 2013) See BENEDICT-FAREWELL Feb. 28, 2013.