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    Amy Kellogg reports from Rome

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Thousands of followers there asking people to pray for him.

He officially steps down tomorrow he's the first Pope to resign at 600 years he told the crowd he made the decision for the good of the church and thank them.

For their support of him.

I commend all of you his very -- fiction just loving -- Schemes to sink to new general.

These open sauce is inclusive.

-- you know who can give.

Two families and -- residency saying -- Amy Kellogg was in Saint Peter's Square for the pope's first day and joins us for his last -- she's one room and.

Hi Steve.

Clearly this decision was very difficult and that that -- -- the motion was conveyed very well today by Pope Benedict the sixteenth and I think.

Steve it's fair to say that this was a particularly dramatic day.

Or appearance this morning on Saint Peter's Square because this is possibly barring a few photo opportunities tomorrow.

Possibly the last time we may ever see Pope Benedict the sixteenth where the Pope -- Meredith says he will hereafter be called.

That is because he has said that he wants to live a life of prayer and reflection he's going to be living in seclusion any even reference its namesake today saint Benedict.

Who was a monk.

And that again gave a signal that this Pope is going to be extremely low key in his retirement he'll be wearing a white -- that kill.

Forgo the red -- which were his trademark symbolizing the blood of martyrs and he will go away so this was very emotional for.

What they're now saying at a 150000.

People who came out to ask for his final blessings to thank him for his service to the church.

And simply to witness that historic event because again popes don't retire pope's pass away and then they are succeeded.

But this Pope has made a historic decision which clearly struggled with but he did thanked people for their acceptance of his desire to step down Steve.

Yeah and Amy we just saw some pictures -- a number of bishops.

Or a cardinals that is to say.

Bishops of the church are is -- -- gonna start shortly.

The conclave probably won't start until around the eighth or tenth of march.

The -- the cardinals have a -- congregation that we'll start on March 4 officially there will be some.

Free congregation meetings and then this congregation starting on the fourth at which point they will designate a specific date for the conclave to begin -- supposed to be two weeks after.

This set date that -- today the these student -- -- period when there is no Pope but Pope Benedict the sixteenth has kind of it change the time -- so it can start earlier because clearly it's important for new -- to be in place -- Easter not holy week all right Stephen Kellogg live in this Holy See thank you very much.

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