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The spectacle of a holy helicopter circling over the Coliseum en route to Castel Gandolfo was catnip for the networks' video editors. All three newscasts led with correspondents narrating Benedict XVI's final ceremonial hours as the Vicar of Christ from Vatican City itself: NBC's Anne Thompson, CBS' Allen Pizzey, and ABC's George Stephanopoulos. For the third weekday this week, the Roman Catholic Church qualified for Story of the Day, trumping the fiscal deadline inside-the-Beltway for automatic spending cuts. All three newscasts also followed up with a preview of the Conclave of Cardinals: NBC's Keir Simmons and CBS' Mark Phillips on the crises of bureaucracy and corruption facing them; ABC's David Wright on its colorful cast of global eminences. Rounding out the farewell to the Holy Father was the Visitation Academy of Paramus NJ, whose students took time off classes to watch history being made on TV and to discuss it with CBS' Michelle Miller.
Andrew Tyndall 3/1/13 7:58:42 pm

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