Pope Francis will visit his predecessor Benedict XVI today in a historic meeting between the two men.
The Argentine pope is expected to take a helicopter from the Vatican to the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, where Benedict, the 'pope emeritus', has been living since his resignation last month.
The meeting between a pope and a former pope is believed to be a first for the Catholic Church as Francis embarks on a papacy fraught with challenges.
Benedict has been staying at the lakeside estate since he became the first Pontiff to step down in more than 700 years.
The Vatican said the meeting over lunch with Francis is private and the content of the talks between the 76-year-old Argentine and the 85-year-old German will not be revealed.
The two are both expected to wear their white papal vestments.
Francis has paid homage to Benedict, and analysts say he is likely to rely heavily on the towering theological legacy left behind by him.
Benedict, before he stepped down, pledged allegiance to whoever his successor might be.
It is thought the weighty issues on the agenda could include rising secularism in Western countries, the reform of Vatican bureaucracy and the scandal of clerical child abuse.
Italian media reported ahead of the meet that Benedict, who stunned the world on February 11 by announcing that he was too frail in body and mind to carry on, has prepared a 300-page handwritten memorandum for his successor.
The two could also discuss "Vatileaks" - a scandal that broke last year over the leaks of hundreds of confidential papal documents that revealed allegations of intrigue and corruption inside the Vatican.
Three cardinals conducted an investigation into the leaks which they have included in a report on the inner workings of the Vatican that Benedict said should only be for the eyes of his successor.
Benedict has said he intends to live "hidden from the world" as a "simple pilgrim" and will spend the rest of his life in a former nunnery on Vatican grounds in quiet contemplation and academic research.
Benedict has been living in Castel Gandolfo with his secretary Georg Gaenswein and with the four housekeepers who looked after him when he was still the leader of the world's 1.2bn Catholics.
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