Article Photos: As conclave approaches, Benedict XVI out of sight



  FILE - This March 6, 2013 file photo shows newspaper vendor Angelo Gallicchio holding up the Italian magazine "Chi" showing a double page spread with what the magazine says is a picture of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI walking with his secretary Georg Gaenswein in the gardens of the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo. As cardinals move to elect a new pope, the Vatican has seemed intent on getting people to forget the last one. Benedict XVI's papacy ended last month with an act of great symbolism: Swiss Guards banged shut the giant doors of the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo at the strike of 8 p.m. Since then, Benedict has literally been kept out of sight, part of a calculated strategy to show he will play no role in selecting his successor. The emeritus pope has only been spotted once since retiring _ in a photo snapped by a papazzo hiding in a tree. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, files)

FILE - This March 6, 2013 file photo shows newspaper vendor Angelo Gallicchio holding up the Italian magazine "Chi" showing a double page spread with what the magazine says is a picture of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI walking with his secretary Georg Gaenswein in the gardens of the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo. As cardinals move to elect a new pope, the Vatican has seemed intent on getting people to forget the last one. Benedict XVI's papacy ended last month with an act of great symbolism: Swiss Guards banged shut the giant doors of the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo at the strike of 8 p.m. Since then, Benedict has literally been kept out of sight, part of a calculated strategy to show he will play no role in selecting his successor. The emeritus pope has only been spotted once since retiring _ in a photo snapped by a papazzo hiding in a tree. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, files)