Friday, March 15, 2013

From papa to capa: Retired pope is seen for the first time since he retired - and he's chilling out in his favourite baseball cap

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/06/article-2289013-187B04DE000005DC-162_306x423.jpgDressed all in white and complete with a matching baseball cap, the Emeritus pope has been seen for the first time since he retired - and he looks like he is enjoying every minute. 

The former Pope has been snapped wearing the baseball cap he usually wears only in the summer months. 

The picture was published in the infamous glossy Italian weekly Chi, the same magazine that ran pictures of a topless Duchess of Cambridge on holiday in France. 

The ex Pope Benedict XVI, 85, was pictured walking with the aid of a stick through the gardens of his summer residence at Castelgandolfo on the outskirts of Rome where he will be living until his new apartment - a renovated convent in the grounds of the Vatican are ready. 

He is not wearing his trademark red shoes but dark ones and he appears to be deep in conversation.

A second photograph saw the former Pope being joined on his walk by a group of housekeepers.

The Vatican revealed last week he had enjoyed an evening of watching television before having a night of 'serene and peaceful' sleep.

The former First Leader of the Catholic Church will live at Castel Gandolfo for several weeks, sleeping in a bed just 75cm wide and without a canopy, unlike the one the much grander one slept in over his eight years as pope.

He will then move to a specially prepared apartment at a convent in the Vatican.

The retired pontiff has reportedly taken with him a number theology books as well as music to listen to.

He was also hoping to play the piano - one of his favourite pastimes - in the evenings.