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VATICAN CITY Two pontiffs, both wearing white, both called pope and living a few yards from one another, with the same key aide serving them.
The Vaticans announcement Tuesday that Pope Benedict XVI will be known as emeritus pope in his retirement, be called Your Holiness and continue to wear the white cassock associated with the papacy has fueled concerns about potential conflicts arising from the peculiar reality now facing the Catholic Church: having one reigning and one retired pope.
WaPo gets the dirt on the potential power struggle with a Pope Emeritus. Hilarity ensues.