Friday papal transition updates

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Number of Twitter followers of @Pontifex goes over the three million mark - See more at: http://www.news.va/en/news/number-of-twitter-followers-of-pontifex-goes-over#sthash.1jUcQWct.dpuf

Number of Twitter followers of @Pontifex goes over the three million mark - See more at: http://www.news.va/en/news/number-of-twitter-followers-of-pontifex-goes-over#sthash.1jUcQWct.dpuf

Number of Twitter followers of @Pontifex goes over the three million mark - See more at: http://www.news.va/en/news/number-of-twitter-followers-of-pontifex-goes-over#sthash.1jUcQWct.dpuf

Number of Twitter followers of @Pontifex goes over the three million mark - See more at: http://www.news.va/en/news/number-of-twitter-followers-of-pontifex-goes-over#sthash.1jUcQWct.dpuf

Number of Twitter followers of @Pontifex goes over the three million mark - See more at: http://www.news.va/en/news/number-of-twitter-followers-of-pontifex-goes-over#sthash.1jUcQWct.dpuf

Number of Twitter followers of @Pontifex goes over the three million mark - See more at: http://www.news.va/en/news/number-of-twitter-followers-of-pontifex-goes-over#sthash.1jUcQWct.dpuf

The Pope on Twitter: @Pontifex followers have gone over the three million mark. Did you see the Pope's last tweet?

Online memory book

The Vatican web site has shared a beautiful pictorial memory book of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. You can view it here.

The papal apartment has been sealed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Camerlengo, who has taken temporary control of the Vatican. The sede vacante has begun. Read and watch at RomeReports.com.

Here's how the Pope Emeritus spent his first hours at Castel Gandolfo. It included watching the news on TV!

The first General Congregation of the College of Cardinals will take place Monday, March 4. It's during the General Congregations that the date of the Conclave will be set. More here.