27 February,2013 01:34 AM IST | | Agencies
Benedict can still be addressed as âYour Holiness Benedict XVI' and will have the title of âRoman Pontiff Emeritus', said spokesman Federico Lombardi.
Benedict can also still wear a white cassock normally reserved only for pontiffs and will continue using the shoes given to him by artisans in Mexico during a trip last year, Lombardi said.
The Vatican spokesman also said that a series of meetings of cardinals to settle on a date for the start of a conclave to elect Benedict's successor could start on March 4.
Lombardi said the Pope had already sorted between the official documents from his papacy that will remain in the Vatican and personal notes that he will take with him into retirement.