Leuco thought it was a prank, until he saw that the message indeed derived from Vatican City.
He made the historic address after celebrating Mass at Sant'Anna parish in Vatican City earlier Sunday.
CNN's Richard Allen Greene and Hada Messia reported from Vatican City, and Chelsea J.
CNN's Ben Wedeman reported from Vatican City and Ben Brumfield reported and wrote from Atlanta.
Home to the papacy, Vatican City is brimming with extraordinary artworks and monuments of history.
Keep in mind instructions for all ATMs in Vatican City are in Latin.
Just as well that there is no Father's Day in Vatican City, seat of the Holy Father.
Benedict's decision to remain in Vatican City has a practical as well as a spiritual motivation, he said.
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Benedict will simply leave at the end of his typical workday -- 8 p.m. in Vatican City, Lombardi said.
CNN's Richard Allen Greene and Hada Messia reported from Vatican City, Laura Smith-Spark wrote in London, and Chelsea J.
The court has been under pressure to close the case rapidly, the BBC's David Willey reports from Vatican City.
The Vatican City's criminal and civil judiciary is staffed by Italians, many of whom have other jobs in Rome.
Roman Catholicism, he said, needed to shift its focus outward, to the world beyond Vatican City walls, to the outside.
Jake, now 12, and his mother were invited to travel to Italy with a group for the canonization ceremony in Vatican City.
CNN's Richard Allen Greene and Hada Messia reported from Vatican City, Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported in London, and Ben Brumfield, Chelsea J.
They will meet in the Sistine Chapel and be housed in a closely monitored residence inside the Vatican city, the Casa Santa Marta.
For now, Gabriele is being held in a special cell within Vatican City, a walled enclave within Rome, according to Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi.
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"He enjoys all the legal guarantees provided by the criminal code and criminal procedure in force in the State of Vatican City, " it added.
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Benedict is currently staying at the summer papal residence, Castel Gandolfo, while restoration work is carried out on a small monastery within Vatican City.
The pope won't give the usual brief personal greetings to people afterward, but will meet delegations of heads of state in Vatican City later.
The hilltop castle overlooking a lake is the summer papal residence and has been home to Benedict since he left Vatican City on February 28.
Pope Benedict XVI has called for a political solution to the violence in Syria during his Christmas message, the Urbi et Orbi, in Vatican City.
The Holy See is the supreme government of the Roman Catholic Church, which operates from the independent territory of the Vatican City State in Rome.
It also offers interactive tours of famous buildings such St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City which are generated by morphing between photos uploaded by users.
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At this simple spot north of the Vatican City, Toni stirs the pots while Dino delivers the songs, punchlines and mammoth portions of Roman soul food.
Vatican City (CNN) -- A man of many firsts, Pope Francis will spend part of his first full day celebrating Mass with the cardinals who elected him.
The leaked documents include a letter to Pope Benedict by the Vatican's current ambassador to Washington alleging cronyism, nepotism and corruption among the administrators of Vatican City.
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