Lighting strikes Vatican soon after Pope announcement (VIDEO)

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Whoa! In a mysterious omen from Mother Nature, lighting hit St. Peter's Basilica in Italy's Vatican City right after Pope Benedict XVI resigned on Monday — watch it here: 

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