This recent file picture taken on February 8, 2013 shows Benedict XVI (R) arriving with his secretary Georg Gaenswein for a visit at the Pontificio Seminario Romano Maggiore in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI on February 11, 2013 announced he will resign on February 28, a Vatican spokesman told AFP, which will make him the first pope to do so in centuries. AFP PHOTO / FILES/ ANDREAS SOLARO