Meeting one by one with the cardinals who will choose his successor and he might be facetoface with the next pope in just a few minutes on this last day on the throne of st. Peter. Good morning. Welcome to this special edition of early start. Im john berman. And im zoraida sambolin. Wed like to welcome our viewers from around the world on cnn international. Its the top of the hour, thursday, february 28th. We are witnessing history in the making. No one alive has ever seen a sitting pope step down. It is all unfolding right now and by 2 00 p. M. Eastern, Pope Benedict xvi becomes pope emeritus. But there is still a lot to do before then. The meeting at this hour with the cardinals who will ultimately choose his replacement. Over 100 of them plan to be on hand. The pontiff will spended i ed a or two with each of them. And then Cardinal Sodano will speak. The departure of this pope after what really has been a turbulent eightyear reign leaves the Catholic Church in unchartered waters rig
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Pope Francis, hospitalized with viral bronchitis Wednesday, will be back at the Vatican Saturday and present for Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, his spokesman said Friday.