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Ecumenical celebration in Canterbury Cathedral in the presence of Pope John Paul II and Archbishop Runcie. May 29, 1982

Pope Benedict XVI meets Israel's President Shimon Peres during a meeting in his summer residence at Castelgandolfo, south of Rome September 2, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI , flanked by his secretary Georg Gaenswein, leads his Wednesday General Audience at his summer residence in the little town of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome.September 1, 2010.

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, Secretary of the pontifical Council for the Migrant, submitted his resignation in recent days. 1 Sept. 2010 Rome

Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims gathered for his Sunday Angelus in the courtyard of his summer residence in Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, on August 29, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI during a meeting with his former students, in the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, Rome. Aug 28, 2010.
 

Prof. Nicola Cabibbo after a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican ,2007
 

Pope Benedict XVI walks as he leaves St. Tommaso of Villanova church at the end of a mass in Castel Gandolfo August 15, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI visits the sanctuary of Rocca di Botte near L'Aquila in central Italy August 6, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by CIM President auxiliary Bishop Monsignor Martin Gachter, goes to bless the St. Tarcisio statue at the and of his wednesday general audience in St. Peter's square. Vatican, August 4, 2010

Altar Servers gather in St. Peter's Square in the occasion of their international pilgrimage. Vatican, August 3, 2010

CIM Deputy President Dr Peter Hahnen, conference coordinator Tommasi, CIM President auxiliary Bishop Monsignor Martin Gachter and Swiss sculptor Bernhard Lang during the press conference at Vatican Radio to present 'The International Altar Servers Pilgrimage'. Rome August 2, 2010

San Tarcisio statue, patron of altar servers, and Swiss sculptor and goldsmith Bernhard Lang, himself an altar boy in Basel during childhood. Made of bronze at the foundry Rüetschi Aarau (Switzerland), the work - five feet tall and weighing four tonnes, in St Peter's Square at the vatican 2 Aug. 2010.

Journalists look at the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (Martirio di San Lorenzo) painting in Rome's Chiesa del Gesu on July 27, 2010
 

Schoolchildren visiting the corridor of Brother Andrea Pozzo in the Church of the Gesù in Rome, 8 May 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Angelus prayer at his summer residence in the little town of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, July 25, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI feeds fish in a pond in the garden of the pontiffs' summer residence in Castel Gandolfo where he is spending his vacations, in the hills overlooking Rome, Friday, July 23, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI leads the Angelus prayer at his summer residence in the little town of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, July 18, 2010.

Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi, talks to the media during a briefing to present a new set of norms, that the Vatican issued to respond to the worldwide clerical abuse scandal. July 15, 2010
 

Faithful wave as Pope Benedict XVI leads his Angelus prayer in his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, July 11, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his weekly Wednesday General Audience in Paul VI Hall at Vatican, July 7, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to bless the statue of St Annibale Maria di Francia in Protomartiri Romani square at the Vatican, July 7, 2010.

Vatican Secretary of State cardinal Tarcisio Bertone during the mass celebrating 50 years of his priesthood in St.Peter's basilica at the Vatican on July 6, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI waves during an unveiling ceremony for a new fountain to him dedicated in the Vatican Gardens at the Vatican July 5, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass next the relics of Saint Celestino V during his pastoral visit to Sulmona, central Italy, July 4, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI leads his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, June 30, 2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI gives Pallium to Archbishop Juan Josè Asenjo Pelegrina during a solemn mass to celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2010

Fireworks illuminate the night over St. Peter Basilica and St. Angelo Castle on the occasion of the St. Peter and Paul feast, in Rome, June 28, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI prays during the first Vesper at Rome's St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica on June 28, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI visits the Don Orione centre to bless the 'Madonnina' statue. The statue was damaged during a storm and now, after being restored, is back to its place. Rome, June 24, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI attends his weekly Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at Vatican, June 23, 2010

Catacomb archeological superintendent Fabrizio Bisconti points a fresco in the 'Cubicolo degli Apostoli' in the Roman Catacombs of Santa Tecla in Rome, June 22, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI with Father Alvaro Corcuera Martinez del Rio during a private audience at the Vatican 17, June 2010.

Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe , Naples 15/09/2007 photo. Sepe, one of Italy's most prominent Catholic cardinals, has been put under investigation as a corruption scandal that has tainted the government spread to touch the Vatican.

Pope Benedict XVI places his hands on the head of new priest as he celebrates an ordination mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 20, 2010.

Don Pierino Gelmini was indicted for sexually molesting youths when they were guests of the Community "Incontro" in Amelia.18 June 2010

Pope Benedict XVI wears the Saturno hat as he arrives to lead his weekly Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, June 16, 2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI speaks as he leads a Catholic meeting in Saint John's in Lateran Basilica in Rome June 15, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful from his window in vatican palace at the end of the angelus in st. Peter square. Vatican city, 13 june 2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass marking the end of the Year for Priests in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, June 11, 2010.

Priests wait for Pope Benedict XVI to arrive to attend a prayer vigil marking the end of the Year for Priests in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 10, 2010

Prime Minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero walks with Pope Benedict XVI during a private visit at the Vatican June 10, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his weekly Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, June 9, 2010.

The african missionary General Superior Father Richard Baawobr poses for a photo in front of the Cardinal Charles Lavigerie statue during the 27 th African Missionary General Chapter in Rome, June 8, 2010

Beatification of Polish martyr father Jerzy Popieluszko held on July 06, 2010 at Plisudski Sq. In Warsaw, Poland
 

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass at the Eleftheria Sport Palace in Nicosia June 6, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI (R) his greeted by Sufi mystic Sheikh Nazim surrounded by other Muslim clergymen during their meeting before the mass at the church of the Holy Cross at the compound of the Franciscan convent of Holy Cross, near the ‘’Paphos Gate’’, in Nicosia on June 5, 2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI and Cypriot Archbishop Chrysostomos II attend a ceremony in Cathedral of Aghios Ioannis in Nicosia June 5, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI blesses children during a ceremony at Saint Maron's School in Nicosia June 5, 2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI observes a moment of silence after laying a wreath on the statue of the first president of the Republic of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios in the Presidential Palace in Nicosia June 5, 2010.
 

Prince Lilio Sforza Ruspoli and Sister Margherita Marchione during the meeting 'Eugenio Pacelli - Pio XII the last roman Pope' at Palazzo Ferraioli in Rome, June 4, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI (L) waves as he arrives with Cypriot Archbishop Chrysostomos II (R) to attend a ceremony at the Church of Aghia Kyriaki Chrysopolitissa in the coastal town of Paphos June 4, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI and Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (L) walk during a welcome ceremony at the Paphos International Airport in Cyprus June 4, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI talks with reporters during a news conference aboard his flight to Cyprus June 4, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI holds the ostensory as he celebrates a Corpus Domini mass in St. John in Lateran Basilica in Rome, Thursday, June 3, 2010

The apostolic vicar for Anatolia, Monsignor Luigi Padovese was assassinated at his home in Iskenderun in southern Turkey.3 June 2010
(pictured: Turkey 19 April 2008)

Pope Benedict XVI is walking down the stairs with his red shoes during his weekly general audience in Saint-Peter's square at the Vatican.2 June 2010

Pope Benedict XVI praying in front of the Lourdes Grotto at the end of the Marian month on May 31, 2010.

Clericus Cup Final 2010. Rome 29 May 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI gives his blessing during an audience to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Father Matteo Ricci's death, in the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican May 29, 2010

Monsignor Charles Scicluna speaks during a celebration prayer at the Vatican, May 29, 2010.

Card. Angelo Bagnasco kisses the hand of Pope Benedict XVI during a meeting in the synod hall at the Vatican May 27, 2010

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re celebrating the mass with the priest of the diocese of Rome in the Santa Maria in Vallicella church. Rome, 26 may 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives for the weekly Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 26, 2010

Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo and Tarcisio Bertone during the mass in St. Peter's basilica in occasion of the 50th anniversary of his priest ordination. St. Peter basilica 25 may 2010.

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco during the opening of the first day of the 61st general meeting of the Italian Episcopal Conference. At the vatican 24 May 2010.

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco and italian actor Carlo Verdone at the presentation of the "priest in cinema" photo exhibition at the Vatican 24 May 2010.

President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso, left, is greeted by Pope Benedict XVI, on the occasion of their audience in the pontiff's private library, at the Vatican, Monday, May 24, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI looks at a painting presented by Moldova's interim President Mihai Ghimpu (L) during a private visit at the Vatican May 24, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Pentecostal mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 23, 2010

Pope Benedict XVIì poses with Macedonian Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski during a private audience in the pontiff's studio at the Vatican May 22, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI, with Bulgarian Prime Minister Bojko Borisov prior to their private audience in the pontiff's studio, at the Vatican, Saturday, May 22, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI talks with Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna, President of Dominican Republic during a meeting at the Vatican, 21 may 2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by Metropolita of Volokolamsk Hilarion Alfeyev (R) before of a concert in his honor offered by Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Paul VI hall at the Vatican May 20, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI with the UAE Ambassador to the Holy See during a meetibg at the Vatican, 20 May 2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI with Luvsantersen Orgil Ambassador of Mongolia to the Holy See during a meating at the Vatican, 20 may 2010

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Feleti Sevele Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga during a meating at the Vatican, 20 may 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI waves at the and of his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican 19 may 2010

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass in Porto, Portugal, Friday, May 14, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI with President of Bolivia S.E. Mr Evo Morales during a meeting at the Vatican, 17 May 2010.

Faithful during the "Regina Coeli" prayer in St. Peter's Square at theVatican 16 May 2010.Tens of thousands of pilgrims flocked to the Vatican on Sunday in a rally of support for Pope Benedict XVI as he battles a paedophile priest scandal.

Pope Benedict XVI meets the Portuguese bishops at the Catholic shrine of Fatima in central Portugal May 13, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI during a meeting with Social Pastoral at the Santissima Trinidade Church in Fatima in central Portugal, May 13, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI l prays at the tomb of the shepherd children at the end of a mass at the Catholic shrine of Fatima in central Portugal, May 13, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI raises his hands as he celebrates a mass at the Catholic shrine of Fatima in central Portugal May 13, 2010.

Pilgrims await the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI for a candlelight vigil at the Catholic shrine of Fatima in central Portugal, May 12, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the image of Our Lady of Fatima after arriving to catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal, May 12, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI arrives for a Vespers prayer at the Church of Santissima Trindade in the Catholic shrine of Fatima, May 12, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI with Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates during a meeting at the Apostolic Nunciature in Lisbon on Wednesday May 12, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI gestures during a visit to the Belem cultural centre in Lisbon May 12, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass at the Terreiro do Paco in Lisbon May 11, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva and Portuguese First Lady Maria Cavaco Silva, signs the guest the guest book during his visit at Lisbon's Palacio de Belem, Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI stands on a stage beside Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva during the official welcome ceremony at Lisbon's Jeronimos Monastery May 11, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI as he arrives to Lisbon airport at the start of a 4-day pastoral visit to Portugal , Lisboa ,Portugal 11,2010

Pope Benedict XVI, speaks during a press conference aboard the airplane, on the way to Lisbon for his four day visit to Portugal. Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

Mons. Arrigo Miglio spekas during a press conference of the Organizing Committee of 46.ma Social Week of Italian Catholics on "Catholics in today". In rome 10 May 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Belgium bishops at the Vatican, Saturday, May 8, 2010.

Archbishop Andrè- Joseph Leonard gives a press conference to the jurnalist May 7, 2010 at the Belgian College in Rome

Pope Benedict XVI, deliver his eulogy at the funeral service of Cardinal Luigi Poggi, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday,May 7, 2010.

Plenary Assembley of the International Union of Superiors General, in Rome. 7 May 2010

Pope Benedict XVI with President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and his wife, during their meeting at the Vatican, on Thursday, May 7, 2010.

Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi speaks during the press conference the presentation of the "Days of Russian culture and spirituality in the Vatican", 7 May 2010.

Swearing-in ceremony of the Vatican's elite Swiss Guard at Paul VI hall on 6th may 2010 in Vatican city.

Pope Benedict XVI, with President of Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard during their meeting at the Vatican, on Thursday, May 6, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI, right, shakes hands with Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the occasion of their meeting at the Vatican, on Thursday, May 6, 2010.

Monsignor Norbert Brunner President-designate of the Swiss Bishops' Conference poses with the Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard Daniel Anrig during the reception of the Swiss Guards in Vatican 5 May 2010.

Cardinal Tarciso Bertone,celebrates a mass for the new members of the Swiss Guards corps at the Vatican, May 6, 2010

Mary Ann Glendon speaks during the press Conference at the end of the sixteenth plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on "Crisis in a Global Economy. Re-Planning the Journey" 5 May 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 5, 2010

Sr. Maureen Cusick, Sisters of Our Lady of Zion, speaks during the press conference to present the Plenary Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General, in Rome 4 May 2010.

Father Federico Lombardi speaks during a Briefings to explain the program's Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Benedict XVI to Portugal in the 10th anniversary of the beatification of Jacinta and Francisco, shepherds of Fatima (11-14 May 2010),in Rome 4 May 2010

Ariel Toaff speaks during the press conference of presentation an exhibition in honor of Rav Toaff at the Jewish Museum of Rome, 3 May 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI prays in the Cathedral during the Holy Shroud exhibition in Turin May 2, 2010

Cardinal Severino Poletto gives a gift to Pope Benedict XVI during a mass in San Carlo's Square in Turin May 2, 2010

Visitors visit the Shroud of Turin during the public display in ten years on May 1, 2010 in the Cathedral in Turin.

German Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer, the oldest member of the College of Cardinals, died April 30 2010, less than a month before his 99th birthday

Pope Benedict XVI flanked by Italian president Giorgio Napolitano and his wife during a concert for the fifth anniversary of his pontificate, held at the Paul VI hall on April 29, 2010 in Vatican City, Vatican.

Card. Albert Vanhoye poses after the study meeting "St. Peter and St. Mark, ossues, places of sanctity and hagiography between East and West" in Rome 29, April 2010.
 

Card. William Levada greets Father Alfonso Aguilar during the International congress on " A new apologetic for a new millennium". Pontifical Athenaeum regina Apostolorum in Rome, 29 April 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican April 28, 2010.
 

Card. Angelo Bagnasco kisses the hands of Pope Benedict XVI during the audience with the partecipants at the meeting on CEI "Witnesses digital". At the Paul's VI Hall at the Vatican, 24 April,2010.

Card. Angelo Bagnasco meets journalists during the meeting on CEI "Witnesses digital". in Rome, 23 April ,2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves at the end of his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 21, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI, deliver his eulogy at the funeral service of Cardinal Tomas Spidlik, of the Czech Republic, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 20, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI sits with Italian cardinals Angelo Sodano (L), Tarcisio Bertone (2nd R) and Giovanni Battista Re during a lunch offered to the cardinals to mark his fifth anniversary of pontificate at the Vatican April 19, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the deck of a catamaran as he arrives to Valletta Waterfront to attend a meeting with youths in Floriana April 18, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI arrive for a mass at the Granaries in Floriana in Valletta April 18, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI prays inside St Paul's Church in Rabat, outside Villetta April 17,2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets Malta's President George Abela, during a welcoming cerimony at the Malta International Airport April 17 ,2010

Pope Benedict XVI is presented with a birthday cake on his 83rd birthday, at the Vatican April 16, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead his weekly Wednesday general audience in St. Peter square at the Vatican April 14, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing from his retreat in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sunday, April 11, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his weekly Wednesday general audience in St. Peter square at the Vatican April 7, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI, during the Easter Urbi et Orbi (To the City and to the World) blessing from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 4, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle during the Easter vigil mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. 3 April 2010

Pope Benedict XVI holds the cross during the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) at the Colosseum in Rome April 2, 2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI holds the Crucifix as he leads the Passion of the Christ Ceremony in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 2, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI (R) washes the foot of a priest during the Cena Domini mass at the Vatican's Basilica of Saint John Lateran in central Rome April 1, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI blows inside an amphora containing holy oil during a Chrism Mass, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 1, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he is driven through the crowd during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 31, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI handles a staff with crucifix during a memorial Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II, Monday, March 29, 2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead the Palm Sunday mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican March 28, 2010.

Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom greats Pope Benedict XVI's handsas he arrives for an audience in his private library at the Vatican, Friday, March 26, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves after a youth festival in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 25, 2010
 

Mons. Giuseppe Merisi speaks during a press conference of presentation of an audiobook on the figure and writings of Don Primo Mazzolari, entitled " Heaven upside down" by the Italian Caritas and the centre for European Human Resource, in Rome. 25 March 2010

Card. Severino Poletto during the press conference for the presentation of the next exhibition of the Shroud in Torino. 25 March 2010.

A bronze statue, titled "The Body of the Man of the Shroud," is seen in an exhibit on the Shroud of Turin at Regina Apostolorum University in Rome March 24 2010.

Rector Father Pedro Barrajón speaks during the Pontifical Ateneo Regina Apostolorum celebration, in Rome 24 March 2010

Bishop John Magee with pope Benedict XVI during the general audience in st. Peter Square.October 10,2007.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation Wednesday of Bishop John Magee, a former papal aide who stands accused of endangering children by failing to follow the Irish church's own rules on reporting suspected pedophile priests to police. Magee apologized to victims of any pedophile priests who were kept in parish posts since he took charge of the southwest Irish diocese of Cloyne in 1987

Pope Benedict XVI waves in the popemobile at the end of his weekly Wednesday general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican March 24, 2010
 

Church of the Holy Shroud and confraternity and pazzarello Hospital, Turin, July 16,2009. Pope Benedict XVI will visit the diocese of Turin during the exposition of the Sindon on May 2,2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves during a general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.

Prof. Livio Melina speaks during a convention "Communio Nuptialis" in Rome.16 March 2010

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message during his visit to Rome's Lutheran church March 14, 2010

 

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Croatia's Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor (L) during a meeting in his private apartment at the Vatican March 13, 2010.

Archbishop Robert Zollitsch listens reporters questions during a press conference following an audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, Friday, March 12, 2010.

 

Pope Benedict XVI receives the archbishop of Friburgo in Breisgau, S.E. Mons. Robert Zollitsch for an audience in his private apartment at the Vatican March 12, 2010.

Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, German bishop of the Regensburg, looks on during a religious conference at the Vatican March 11, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 10, 2010
 

Navi Pillay ,high Commissioner for Human Rights, during the academic deed of the Pontifical University Lateranense on the theme "Religious liberty to sixty from the Universal Declaration", in Rome 10 March 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass during his pastoral visit to San Giovanni della Croce Parish in Rome March 7, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by Guido Bertolaso (L), the head of the Italian civil protection department, during a special audience at the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican March 6, 2010.

President of the IOR, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, during a meeting from the title "The economy and the Providence", organized by the international Center of Communion and Liberation to Rome, 3 March 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI greets bishops and cardinals during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

Meeting of the national managers of the Pastoral of the gypsies in Europe. In Rome, Italy 2 March 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI receives Sig. Alberto Nunez Feijoo, president of Galizia for an audience in his private apartment at the Vatican March 1, 2010.
 

From (L) Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, Mons.Claudio Giuliadori , Prof.Riberto Sani and Father Giuseppe Bellucci during a press conference " In all things, I adapted myself to them " at Vatican Radio March .1,20100

Pope Benedict XVI receives Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri next to his wife Lara Azm, his sons Hussam (L), Rafik Junior (2nd R) and his daughter Lulwa (R) for an audience in his private apartment at the Vatican February 20, 2010.

Postulator for the Cause of Australian nun Mary MacKillop, Sister Maria Casey and Australia's ambassador to the Holy See Tim Fischer,pose in front of St Peter's Basilica on October 17, 2010., 2010

Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with a priest during a meeting with the clergy at the Vatican February 18, 2010

 

Cardinal Jozef Cardinal Tomko sign Pope Benedict XVI's forehead with a pinch of ash during the celebration of Ash Wednesday mass at the Basilic of Santa Sabina in Rome February 17, 2010
 

Pope Benedict XVI (C) walks in a procession from Sant'Anselmo basilica to Santa Sabina basilica before delivering a benediction for Ash Wednesday on February 17, 2010 in Rome.
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead his weekly audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican February 17, 2010.

Carl Henri Guiteau, ambassador of Haiti near the Holy See, spekas during a mass to commemorate the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. In the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. 16 Feb. 2010

Head of the Irish Bishops Conference Cardinal Sean Brady looks on during a news conference at the Vatican following a two-day meeting with Pope Benedict XVI February 16, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI speaks during a meeting with Irish bishops at the Vatican February 15, 2010.

Head of the Irish Bishops Conference Cardinal Sean Brady (C) leads a memory mass for Cardinal Cahal Daly at St. Patrick's church in Rome February 14, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI waves after the visit at the Caritas centre (homeless centre) in Rome February 14, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI poses with members of the Pontifical Academy for Life during a meeting at the Vatican February 13, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI (C) talks as he attends a meeting at the Romano Maggiore seminary in Rome February 12, 2010.

Tourists walk as it snows in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican February 12, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI holds a candlelight as he appears at the window of his private apartments to celebrate the eighteenth world day of the sick is Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 11, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass to celebrate the eighteenth world day of the sick in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 11, 2010.

Card. Agostino Vallini speaks during a press conference on the European Year of the struggle to the poverty and the social exclusion. In Rome 11 Feb. 2010.

Pilgrims during the procession of Saint Bernardette's relics at the Saint Peter's basilic.11 feb.2010

Pope Benedict XVI waves at the end of his weekly audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican February 10, 2010.

S.E.Card. Fiorenzo Angelini greets Hon.Prof.Ferruccio Fazio during the XXV Anniversary of the Foundation of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers at the Vatican, 10 Feb 2010.

Pilgrims carrying Saint Bernardette's relics during the procession at the Basilic of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. 9 feb 2010.

S.E.Card. Angelo Comastri speaks during the XXV Anniversary of the Foundation of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers at the Vatican, 09 Feb 2010.

Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi speaks during the XXV Anniversary of the Foundation of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers at the Vatican, 09 Feb 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful from the window of his studio at the Vatican,February 07,2010.

Volunteers assist some guests of the Caritas diocesan's refectory in Rome. to the Termini Station. 14 Oct 2010.
Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Caritas on 14th January 2010.

S.E. Mons. Arrigo Miglio speaks during the press conference of the presentation for the 46ª social week that will be held to Reggio Calabria (14-17 October 2010).In Rome 5 feb 2010.

Mons. Zygmunt Zimowski speaks during the press conference of presentation del 15th anniversary of the institution of Pontifical Council for the health worker.In Rome 5 Feb. 2010.

 

Pope Benedict XVI poses with the Scottish Bishops during a private audience.January 05,2010.



 

Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering speaks during the press conference of presentation of the Message of the Holy Father for the Lent 2010. In Rome 4 Feb. 2010.

 

Acrobats of Italy's American Circus perform in front of Pope Benedict XVI during a weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.


 

Pope Benedict XVI holds up the ostensory during a vespers ceremony on the occasion of the feast of the presentation of the Lord, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by two children, releases a dove at the end of his Angelus prayer at the Vatican January 31, 2010


 

The meeting "Law,Spirit and Freedom" with Father Enzo Bianchi at the Argentina's Theatre in Rome.28,Jan,2010.

Pope Benedict XVI (in white) poses with judges to mark the start of the judiciary year of the Sacra Rota at the Vatican January 29, 2010.
 

"Aquila, the wounded art of the church of the historical center" oper in exhibition to Montecitorio in Rome, 29 Jan 2010.In this photo "Pietà" Church of Saint Marco 16th century.

Worker finish restoring her a Church St. Luigi of French in Rome after the restauration. 29 Jan 2010.

Mons. Mariano Crociata, general secretary of the Italian Episcopal Conference,speaks during the press conference of the presentation of the final official notice of the CEI.In Rome 29 Jan 2010.

 Pope Benedict XVI poses with members of Pontifical Accademy during a private audience in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican, Rome , Jan 28,2010
 

Father Charles Morerod rector of the Pontifical University of St.Thomas Aquinas , Rome , in thes Jan 5, 2010 file photo.
 

 Dott.Angelo Scelzo speaks during the press conference for the book's presentation "Angelo Narducci e Avvenire. Storia di un giornalista, poeta, politico con l’ansia di essere cristiano".In Rome 27,Jan,2010

Card. Tarcisio Bertone give the Prize of the Papal Academies at Prof. John Mortensen.Iin Rome, 27 Jan. 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI looks on as he leads his weekly audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican January 27, 2010

S.E. Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi speaks during a press conference for the Pontifical Academies on 26 January 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI presides the celebration of Vespers at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls in Rome, on January 25, 2010

S.E.Mons. Claudio Maria Celli speaks during the press conference for the 44th World Day Of the Social Communications.23,Jan.2010.
 

Pope Benedict XVI blesses lambs to mark the feast of Saint Agnes at the Vatican January 21, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI kiss a baby during his weekly Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican January 20, 2010.

S.E.Mons.Nikola Eterovic smiles during the press conference for the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East.19 Jan,2010.

Father Patrick Desbois President of Yahad-In Unum, Director of the French Episcopal Comittee for Relations with Judaism speaks during the lecture "The Holocaust by Bullets" in the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome 18 Jan. 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI talks with chief rabbi Riccardo Di Segni at Rome's main synagogue January 17, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads his Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartment at the Vatican January 17, 2010.

Card. Angelo Comastri blesses a horse during the animals blessing for the A.I.A  (Italian association breeders ).In Rome,January 16,2010.

Pope Benedict XVI exchange gifts with Rome's mayor Gianni Alemanno during an audience at the Vatican.14 Jan 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI meets Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot in his private library at the Vatican. Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, 63, was found dead in the ruins of his office in Pourt-Au Prince, Haiti. 13 Jan 2010.

The president of the Italian rabbinic meeting, Giuseppe Laras, it won't participate in the ceremony for the visit of the Pope Benedict XVI to the Synagogue in Rome Sunday 17 Jan 2010.In this photo: Rabbi Giuseppe Laras Oct. 2009.

Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome, speaks during a press conference of presentation of the exhibition "Et ecce Gaudium" in the Jewish museum of Rome in occasion of Pope Benedict XVI's visit(17 Jan. 2010). 14 Jan. 2010.

A huge quake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti Tuesday toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic 12 January 2010.In this photo the Catedral Notre-Dame of Haiti- Port au Prince 1995

Pope Benedict XVI gestures to the faithful, during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at The Vatican, Wednesday Jan 13, 2010.

Card. Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra, Archibishop emeritus of Antananarivo, was born on 7 Aug. 1925 in Ambohimalaza.Dead 09 th January 2010.

S.E. Mons. Bruno Schettino President of CEMI-Migrantes speaks during a press conference for the presentation of the World Day of Migrations (17 January 2010).In Rome 12 January 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI poses with foreign ambassadors to the Holy See at the end of a meeting at the Vatican January 11, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI, in white at right, greets Cardinal Roger Etchegaray in the Gemelli hospital in Rome, Saturday Jan. 9, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI baptises a baby during a mass in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican January 10, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Synagogue in Rome,Sunday 17 January 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI delivers the Sunday Angelus address from the window of his studio at the Vatican, overlooking St. Peter's Square.January 10,2010.

Opening ceremony of the judicial year at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009

Card. Tarcisio Bertone celebrates the mass for the opening of the judicial year at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2010

A woman dressed as "Epiphany" attend the Angelus prayer, in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI leads the Epiphany mass in Saint Peter Basilica at the Vatican January 6, 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a New Year service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the traditional Crib in St Peter's square at the end of the Te Deum prayer in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 31, 2009.

Cardinal Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi, Archbishop emeritus of Tokyo, Japan was born on 17 June 1928 in Hachioji City, Tokyo. Dead 30 th December 2009 in Tor Fiorenza, Italy.

Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims as he leads his weekly audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican December 30, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI delivers the Sunday Angelus address from the window of his studio at the Vatican, overlooking St. Peter's Square, marking Holy Family Day and issuing greetings in several languages, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI shares a word with Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Sant'Egidio lay movement at a lunch at the movement's soup kitchen in Rome, Sunday Dec. 27, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI gestures to faithful during the 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the City and to the World) message in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.

Children walk ahead of Pope Benedict XVI as he leads the Christmas mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 24, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI lights a candle at his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, after the unveiling of the Nativity scene, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI caress a young bagpipe player at the end of his weekly audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican December 23, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI addresses cardinals for Christmas wishes in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican December 21, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during the Angelus prayer from a windows of his private apartment at the Vatican December 20, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI, sitting at left, meets with prelates of the Congregation for the Causes of Sainthood, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009.

The lights are lit on the Christmas Tree in St.Peter's Square. Rome, Dec. 18th, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI leads the Vespers prayer with students from the University of Rome in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 17, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI (C) leads his weekly audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican December 16, 2009.

Card. Renato Raffaele Martino speaks during the press conference of presentation of the Message of the Pope Benedicy XVI for the "World-wide day of the Peace" (1 January 2010).At the Vatican December 15, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI and Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Djukanovici pose during a meeting at his private library at the Vatican December 14, 2009

Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he leads his Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartments in Saint Peter Square at the Vatican December 13, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses a child during the visit at the Hospice "Sacro Cuore" in the Monteverde Vecchio district of Rome December 13, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI and Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha and his wife Liri pose during a meeting at his private library at the Vatican December 12, 2009

Card.T.Bertone place his hands on the head of Mons.Giovanni D'Ercole in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 12, 2009.
 

Card. Agostino Vallini, blesses at the end of the solemn mass "For Natione Gallica" in the St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome.11 December 2009.

Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi speaks during the international event,"DIO OGGI" promoted from the Committee for the cultural project of the CEI.In Rome Dec. 11 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI welcomes Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet (L) during their meeting in his private library at the Vatican on December 11, 2009

 

Card. Angelo Bagnasco, speaks during the international event,"DIO OGGI" promoted from the Committee for the cultural project of the CEI.In Rome Dec. 10 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Gabon's President Ali Ben Bongo (L) during a meeting at his private library at the Vatican December 10, 2009.

 

Pope Benedict XVI (top) waves from the window of his private apartment to the crowd gathered below in Saint Peter's square during his weekly Angelus blessing at the Vatican December 6, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI prays during the Immaculate Conception celebration prayer in Spain's Square in central Rome December 8, 2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI (top) waves from the window of his private apartment to the crowd gathered below in Saint Peter's square during his weekly Angelus blessing at the Vatican December 6, 2009.

Vatican City, December the 5rd, 2009 - Germany President Horst Kohler, meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at his private library.
 

A giant Christmas tree is set up in St.Peter's Square,The 28-meter and 100 years old tree arrived overnight from the Wallonia region in Belgium at the Vatican.Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) poses with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican December 3, 2009.

Mons.Carlo Maria Viganò during a ceremony for the patrons of the Vatican Firefighters Saint Barbara and Saint Leone IV, at the Vatican, Dec. 3, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican December 2, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI, right, welcomes the President of Peru Alan Garcia Perez, on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI holds his pastoral staff as he celebrates a Vespers Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009.

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (R) and Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner listen to Pope Benedict XVI (C) during their meeting in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican November 28, 2009

Mons. Antonio Maria Vegliò speaks during the press conference about the presentation of the Holy Father's message for the 96th the World Day of Migrant and the Refugees.At the Vatican 27 November 2009.

Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi speaks during the twenty-year one the Pontifical Committee for the Arts of the Church, at the Vatican 26 Novomber 2009

S.E. Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi speaks during the press conference of presentation of the twenty-year one the Pontifical Committee for the Arts of the Church, at the Vatican 26 Novomber 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI greets followers during his weekly general audience at the Vatican November 25, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with with Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah, in his private library at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his weekly Angelus blessing to the crowd gathered below in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican November 22, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI (L) shakes hands with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams during a private meeting at the Vatican November 21, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI leads a special meeting with artists in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican November 21, 2009.

Card. Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Archibishop Rowan William, during the Vesper Prayer at the Oratory of Saint Francis Xavier "del Caravita" in Rome. 20 November 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Suriname's President Ronald Venetiaan (L) during their meeting at the Vatican November 20, 2009.servizi\2009-11-20 Presidente Suriname\default.htm

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams arrives at the "Colloquium" for the celebration for the Centennial of Cardinal Johannes Willebrands's birth.At the Gregorian University in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI his greeted by Roman Pontifical Universities members in the Paul Vi hall at the Vatican during an audience on November 19,2009.

The Pontifical Council for the Sanitary Operators organizes the XXIV International Conference "Effata!The deaf Person in the life of the Church.",Vatican,19,november 2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI speaks with Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed (L) during their meeting at the Vatican November 18, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during his weekly general audience in Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI greets Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza (L) during their meeting at the Vatican November 17, 2009.

S.E. Mons. Zygmunt Zimowski, speaks during a press conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry at the Vatican Nov. 17 2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI (L) speaks at a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges the faithful during his weekly Angelus prayer from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI (R) meets with Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai in his private library at the Vatican November 13, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI (R) meets with Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer in his private library at the Vatican November 14, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI (R) meets with Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai in his private library at the Vatican November 13, 2009.

Mons. Angelo Vincenzo Zani speaks during the press conference of presentation of the 23rd general Assembly of International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC), at the vatican. November 13 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI leave at the end of a special audience with students of Catholic university of Maria Ss. Assunta (University of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, November 12, 2009.

Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic (L) poses with Pope Benedict XVI during their meeting at the Vatican November 12, 2009.

Card. Ennio Antonelli-(L) speaks with Rev.mo Mons. Novatus Rugambwa (R) during the 6 th World Congress of the Pastoral for the Migrant ones and the Refugees, at the Vatican, 11 November 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during his weekly general audience in Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009.

S.E. Mons. Agostino Marchetto, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Migrant and the Itinerantis, speaks during the 6 th World Congress of the Pastoral for the Migrant ones and the Refugees, at the Vatican, 9 November 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI holds the cup of blessed wine as he leads a mass in Brescia, northern Italy, November 8, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI (R) points to a pyramid gift during an audience with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) during at The Vatican on November 6, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses a child after leading a mass to commemorate cardinals and bishops who died this year, in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 5, 2009.

Prof. Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vaticans Museums, speaks during the press conference of presentation of the encounter of next 21 November 2009 between Pope Benedict XVI and the artists in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. 05 November 2009

Pope Benedict XVI wear his glasses as he leads his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican November 4, 2009.

S.E. Mons. Agostino Marchetto (L) speaks with S.E. Mons. Antonio Maria Vegliò (R), during the press conference of the presentation of the 6 th World Congress of the Pastoral for the Migrant ones and the Refugees, at the Vatican, 3 November 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful during the Angelus prayer from a window of his private apartment at the Vatican November 1, 2009.

Card. Giovanni Lajolo end Mons. Carlo Maria Viganò, walk through the entrance of an exhibition on Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci SJ (1552-1610) on the occasion of the inauguration of the exhibit, at the Vatican, Oct. 29, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI, left, meets Iran's new ambassador to the Holy See Ali Akbar Naseri, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.

Prof Antonio Paolucci speaks the during press conference of presentation of the exibition "Ai Crinali della Storia. P. Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) fra Roma e Pechino" in Rome 28 October 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the bishops at the end of his general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI waves during the Angelus prayer at the end of a mass for the closing of African Synod in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 25, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass for the closing of the African Synod in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 25, 2009.

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, new President of the Pontifical Council for the Justice and the Peace speaks during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, concluding a three-week Vatican meeting on the role of the Catholic Church in Africa.

Session of the Synod of Bishops for Africa at the Vatican Oct. 24 2009

Don Luigi Ciotti speaks during a conference organized from LIBERA, association against the mafias.23 October2009.

Bishops looks an African exibition during the break after the Synod at the Vatican , Rome , Oct.23,2009

S.E. Mons. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan look on during the press conference of presentation of the message of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of the Bishops.23 October 2009

Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments during the African Synod at the Vatican , Rome , Oct.21,2009

Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh (L) poses with Pope Benedict XVI during their meeting at the Vatican October 21, 2009

A gust of wind blows Pope Benedict XVI's mantle during a Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican October 21, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI attend a piano concert performed by Chinese pianist Jin Ju at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI meets with Ukraina Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at his library on October 16, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican.

Pope Benedict XVI meets with Prince Albert of Monaco at his library on October 16, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican.

Card. Walter Kasper speaks during the presentation of his book "Harvesting the Fruits. Basic Aspects of Christian Faith in Ecumenical Dialogue".In Rome, 15 October 2009.

Bishops arrive for a session of the Synod of Bishops for Africa at the Vatican Oct. 15 2009

Card. Wilfrid Fox Napier,archbishop of Durban, speaks during the press conference of presentation of "Relatio post disceptationem" of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of the Bishops.14 October 2009

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves Saint Peter's square after his weekly general audience on October 14, 2009

The Bishops read the newspaper before of the session of the Synod of Bishops for Africa at the Vatican Oct. 12 2009

"Festa Itinerante dei Cammini per Roma" conceived and promoted by the regional assessorship to the Culture, Show and Sport of the Region Lazio, in collaboration with the five Provinces, the O.R.P. and the "Walks of Europe." in St. Peter square in Rome.11 October 2009

Pope Benedict XVI leads a solemn mass for the canonization of Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, Francisco Coll Y Guitart, Jozef Damiiaan De Veuster, Rafael Arnaiz Baron, Marie De La Croix (Jeanne) Jugan in the Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 11, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses as he leads a special prayer for Africa in Paul VI hall at the Vatican October 10, 2009.

Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola pose with Pope Benedict XVI during a visit at the Vatican October 10, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI talks to French Prime Minister Francois Fillon during a private audience at the Vatican October 10, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI reads a message after a concert "Young People against the war" of the Interregionales Jugendsinfonieorchester. in Rome 8 October 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican , Rome, Oct.8,2009
 

Bishops attend a session of the Synod of Bishops for Africa at the Vatican Oct. 8 2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI kiss a child during his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican October 7, 2009
 

Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson speaks during the press conference of presentation of the jobs of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of the Bishops.05 October 2009

Pope Benedict XVI speaks during the first session of work of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of the Bishops at the vatican 5 October 2009.

Members of the Vatican police corps during the celebration of the Vatican Gendarmerie. At the vatican 4 October 2009

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass for the African Synod in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 4, 2009

Mr. Miguel Humberto Díaz, new Ambassador of the United States of America near the Holy See, greets Pope Benedict XVI during a private audience. in Rome 2 October 2009

Mons. Nikola Eterovic, General Secretary of the Synod of the Bishops, arrives at the presentation of the special II Assemblea for Africa of the Synod of the Bishops.In Rome 02 October 2009

Card. Walter Kasper speaks during a briefing to introduce the concert to the presence oh the Holy Father Benedict XVI "Young People against the war" of the Interregionales Jugendsinfonieorchester. in Rome 01 October 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads his weekly audience in St.Peter's square at the Vatican September 30, 2009.

Mons. Mariano Crociata, general secretary of the Italian Episcopal Conference,speaks during the press conference of the presentation of the final official notice of the CEI.In Rome 29 September 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass at Stara Boleslav, 35 km north of Prague, September 28, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI visit the Church of Saint Wenceslas in Stara Boleslav 28 Sept. 2009

Pope Benedict XVI signs a book during a meeting with representatives of the academic world in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI leads an ecumenic meeting in Prague September 27, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead a mass at the Turany international airport in Brno September 27, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI (C), Czech Cardinal Miroslav Vlk (R) and Secretary of the Vatican State Italian cardinal Tarcisio Bertone arrive at the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague September 26, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI, center, Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus, right, and his wife Livia, left, applaud after a concert that was hosted fro his Hollines at the Spanish Hall of the Prague Castle, Czech Republic, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI kneels in front of the Holy Child at the Our Lady Victorious church in Prague September 26, 2009

Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus (R) and his wife Livia (C) escort Pope Benedict XVI after his arrival at Ruzyne Airport in Prague September 26, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI answers journalists' questions aboard the airplane to Prague at the beginning of the pontiff's trip to the Czech Republic, Sept 26 2009

Pope Benedict XVI greets bishops at the end of his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican September 23, 2009.

Maria Stella Gelmini (L) and Card. Camillo Ruini (R), smile during the presentation of the book "La Sfida Educatival" taken care of by the committee for the cultural project of the CEI.In Rome 22 Sept. 2009

The Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit is the General Secretary of the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations and the newly elected General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

Card. Angelo Bagnasco President of the Italian Episcopal Conference speaks during a plenary session in Rome. Sept. 21,2009.

Pope Benedict XVI visits the new home of the Vatican Observatory at the Pontifical Villas in Castelgandolfo near Rome September 16, 2009. Picture taken September 16, 2009

Card. Raffaele Martino delivery of the Van Thuan Prize 2009 to the Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. In the "Palazzo Colonna" in Rome. 16 Sept. 2009

Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful as he arrives for his weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009.

Card. Renato Raffaele Martino, President of the Pontifical Council of the Justice and the Peace speaks during the press conference of presentation of the Van Thuan prize 2009, organized by the Foundation St. Matteo. In Rome 15 September 2009.

Card. Angelo Bagnasco, President of the Italian Episcopal Conference during a visit in the center Caritas of Coppito in The Aquila 14 Sept. 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during his Sunday Angelus prayer at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, September 13, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI leads a bishops ordination ceremony in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican September 12, 2009.

Prof. Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vaticans Museums, speaks during the press conference of presentation of the encounter of next 21 November 2009 between Pope Benedict XVI and the artists in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. 10 September 2009

Pope Benedict XVI greets Mrs. Asha-Rose Migiro, General Deputy-secretary of the organization of the United Nations during a meeting at the Vatican 9 September 2009

Pope Benedict XVI blesses a child during his weekly general audience n Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday Sept. 9, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI kisses a vial of what local Roman Catholics believe is the blood of Saint Gennaro, during a visit to the Duomo in Naples in an October 21, 2007 file photo. Fear of swine flu will this year prevent devout Neapolitans from performing the time honoured ritual of kissing the blood of their patron Saint Gennaro when the city's annual festival begins later this month. The decision to forbid any kissing of the glass phial containing the saint's blood was taken reluctantly by ecclesiastical and city authorities on Monday, and has already sparked protests among local politicians.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful in Bagnoregio, part of his visit in Viterbo, central Italy, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI,greets people from the Popes' Palace during his visit at Viterbo, central Italy, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.

Members of the Muslim community in Italy pray at a Rome mosque during the month of the Ramadan 04 September 2009

70 Years after World War II.Faith and Cultures in Dialogue. The Spirit of Assisi on Krakow, 6-8 September 2009

File photo ,chief editor of Italian Catholic daily Avvenire Dino Boffo , Rome , Sep 4,2009
 

Pope Benedict XVI blesses at the end of his weekly audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican September 2, 2009

 

Pope Benedict XVI speaks with his personal secretary Bishop Georg Gaenswein (R) during his Sunday Angelus prayer at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, August 30, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during his weekly general audience at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome August 26, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during his Sunday Angelus prayer at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, August 23, 2009. Doctors removed the cast from Pope Benedict's right wrist on August 21 just over a month after he broke it in a fall

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during his weekly general audience at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, August 19, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI leave after celebrating a mass for the Assumption festival in the San Tommaso da Villanova church at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo near Rome August 15, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience at the pontiff's summer residence of Castelgandolfo near Rome August 5, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI, wearing a cast on his broken wrist, blesses devotees during his Sunday Angelus prayer at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, August 2, 2009


 

Pope Benedict XVI holds a soft toy of Diva09, the mascot of the 13th FINA World Championships, during a special audience for competitors in his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, August 1, 2009


 

Pope Benedict XVI is seen inside a helicopter wearing a headset as as he leaves from his summer retreat at Les Combes d'Introd, in Val d'Aosta region northern Italy, 29 July 2009
 

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to waves rapresentation of Italian armed forces before he leaves from his summer retreat at Les Combes d'Introd, in Val d'Aosta region northern Italy, 29 July 2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI sits in the Italian Alps while on vacation in Les Combes July 28, 2009
 

Carried by boat, a statue of the Madonna of the River "Madonna Fiumarola" makes its way along the Tiber in Rome July 26 2009

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the pilgrims gathered in the garden of his holiday residence for the Sunday Angelus prayer July 26, 2009 in Les Combes, Italy.

Pope Benedict XVI talks with Dr. Amedeo Manuel Mancini primary of Orthopedics of Aosta, northern Italy, Saturday, July 25, 2009.

Dr. Antonio Paolucci (President of Vatican museums) during the Nighttime Extraordinary opening of the Vatican Museums.Had opened since 7pm at 11pm o'clock.Rome 24 July 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI greets a child as he arrives for a Vesper prayer at the Aosta's cathedral, northern Italy, Friday, July 24, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI walks in the Italian Alps with his personal secretary Bishop Georg Gaenswein (R) while on vacation in Les Combes July 23, 2009.

Pope BXVI greets the faithful and children during a walk in the Italian Alps while on vacation in Les Combes July 22, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI sits with Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone (L) in the Italian Alps while on vacation in Les Combes July 22, 2009.

16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 159 kilometers (98.8 miles) with start in Martigny, Switzerland and finish in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Alps region, France, Tuesday July 21, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI walks in the Italian Alps with his personal secretary Bishop Georg Gaenswein (R) while on vacation in Les Combes July 21, 2009.

20 July 2009. 40 years have passed by the conquest of the Moon. In this photo Pope Paul VI looks in television the conquest of the moon, in the observatory of Castelgandolfo in Rome, 21 July, 1969

Pope Benedict XVI during his Sunday Angelus prayer in the Curch of Saint Marta in Romano Canavese near Ivrea, Italy July 19, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI walks in the Italian Alps while on vacation in Les Combes July 18, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI is pictured in Les Combes, to its return of the Hospital of Aosta July 17, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI walks in the Italian Alps near Les Combes, near Aosta, northern Italy, Thursday, July 16, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves the Regional Hospital in Aosta, Italy, Friday, July 17, 2009, after surgery on his right wrist.

The pope's personal physician, Dr. Patrizio Polisca, speaks to journalists outside Umberto Parini Hospital in Aosta, Italy, July 17.2009

Italian policemen guard the entrance of a the Umberto Parini hospital in Aosta, where Pope Benedict XVI is being treated on July 17, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI, who is on vacation in a mountain chalet in the Val D'Aosta, northern Italy, is being operated for a fracture to his right wrist following a fall.

Card.Agostino Vallini blesses the Night Shelter "Leone XIII" restructured by the foundation "Nando Peretti" and the Circle of St. Peter. In Rome Luglio 15 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI on July 19, 2009 will celebrate the Angelus prayers to Romano Canavese, country of the diocese of Ivrea.In the photo : Ivrea.

Corrado Passera shakes hands to Mons. Mariano Crociata during the press conference for the presentation of the : Bank Prossima and Intesa Sanpaolo for the "Loan of the hope": a model of intervention. in Rome 14 July 2009

Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed with flowers as he arrives in Introd, near Aosta, northern Italy, Monday, July 13, 2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper during their meeting at the Vatican July 11, 2009.

U.S. President Barack Obama greets Pope Benedict XVI, during a meeting in the pontiff's private library at the Vatican July 10, 2009.

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for a audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, July 10, 2009.