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 privateaudience.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
blessingfor 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 Romein 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 January2010.
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.
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, ItalyJuly 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.
Pope
Benedict XVI poses with South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak and his wife
Kim Yoon-ok at the Vatican July 9, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI poses with Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) in the
pontiff's private library at the Vatican July 9, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI (R) pose with the wives of leaders of South Africa, Mexico,
Sweden, India, the European Commission and International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD), as well as Italian Equal Opportunities
Minister Mara Carfagna and Italian Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini
at the Vatican July 8, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI waves during his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall
at the Vatican July 8, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI poses with Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) during their
meeting in the pontiff's private library at the Vatican July 7, 2009.
Cardinal
Renato Raffaele Martino speaks during a press conference to present Pope
Benedict XVI's latest encyclical 'Caritas in Veritae' (Charity in truth)
during a press conference for the release of the book on July 7, 2009 at
The Vatican.
Pope
Benedict XVI signs his encyclical "Charity in Truth" at the Vatican July
6, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI greets the crowd during his weekly Angelus prayers above
Saint Peter's square at the Vatican July 05, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI leads a service to commemorate the restoration of the Pauline
Chapel at the Vatican July 4, 2009.
Prof.
Ulderico Santamaria speaks during a press conference to illustrate the
monitoring effected on the sarcophagus of Saint Paul in the Papal Basilica
of Saint Paul outside Mura. In Rome 3 July,2009.
Mons.
Sergio Pagano speaks during the press conference of presentation of the
new edition of the Vatican documents of the Process of Galileo Galilei.In
Rome 2 July, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI, wearing his Saturn hat, greets the faithful at the end of
his weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican,
Wednesday, July 01, 2009.
Card.
Stanislaw Dziwisz blesses the statue devoted by the
Catholic university to the memory of Pope Giovanni Paul II in the square
of the hospital Policlinico Gemelli. In Rome 30 June 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI greets a Bishop during an audience he held for newly elevated
metropolitan archbishops and their relatives, in the Pope Paul VI hall at
the Vatican, Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI celebrates a solemn mass to celebrate the feast of Saints
Peter and Paul in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI conducts mass as he leads the Vespri's ceremony at the
Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls in Rome June 28, 2009
Ing.
Pier Carlo Visconti (L), Card. Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (C), and
Father Federico Lombardi (R) during a briefing on the topic "
Considerations to closing of the Paolino Year" In Rome June 26, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his general audience is Saint Peter's
Square at the Vatican June 24, 2009.
A
Bishop look the Letter of the Lords of England to the Clement VII to plead
a cause of cancellation of wedding between Enrico VIII and Caterina of
Aragon. In Rome June 23, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI looks on during a meeting with the youth at Santa Maria delle
Grazie in San Giovanni Rotondo, southern Italy, after paying his respect
to the tomb of Padre Pio June 21, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI leads a mass during a visit to Padre Pio at Santa Maria delle
Grazie in San Giovanni Rotondo, southern Italy June 21, 2009 (To his left
there am her the relics of Padre Pio).
Pope
Benedict XVI prays in front of the exhumed body of the mystic saint Padre
Pio in the crypt of Santa Maria delle Grazie in San Giovanni Rotondo,
southern Italy, June 21, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI holds up the sacred host as he celebrates a mass for the
Sacred Heart of Jesus feast day, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican,
Friday, June 19, 2009.
Press
conference on the occasion of the presentation of the book "to Be
Community to make mission" Missionary community of Villareggia, Paoline.
In Rome 19 June 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Malta's President George Abela, at the
end of a private audience in the pontiff's private library at the Vatican,
Thursday, June 18, 2009.
His
Holiness Aram I speaks with Mons. Vincenzo Paglia
during the IV Summit of Religious Leadres on the occasion of G8 ,in Rome
17 June 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI, wearing his Saturn hat, greets the faithful at the end of
his weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican,
Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
IV
Summit of Religious Leaders on the occasion of G8 in Rone 16 June 2009.
Press
conference of presentation of IV Summit of Religious Learders on the
occasion of G8. In Rome 15 June 2009.
P.
Cyril Vasil' S.the secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
during his Episcopal Ordination, in the Basilica of Saint Maria Maggiore
in Rome 14 June 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI greets the crowd gathered below in Saint Peter's square
during his weekly Angelus prayers at the Vatican June 14, 2009.
Press
conference of presentation of the congress 2009 "Religious online against
trade some people" in Rome 12 June,2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI leads the Corpus Domini procession in an open van from St.
John at the Lateran Basilica to St. Mary Major Basilica to mark the feast
of the Body and Blood of Christ, in Rome, Thursday, June 11, 2009.
Saint
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (May 8, 1786 - August 4, 1859) was a French
parish priest who became a Catholic saint and the patron saint of parish
priests. He is often referred to, as the "Curé d'Ars" (the parish priest
of the village of Ars).
Pope
Benedict XVI waves at the end of his Wednesday general audience in Saint
Peter's Square at the Vatican June 10, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI wears a Saturno hat as he leaves at the end of his Wednesday
general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican June 3, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Ukraine President Victor Yushchenko
during a meeting at his private library in the Vatican June 1, 2009.
A
children look Pope Benedict XVI during the weekly Angelus prayers at the
Vatican May 31, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI conducts the holy mass of Pentecost Sunday in Saint Peter's
Basilica at the Vatican May 31, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI kneels as he prays in front of the reproduction of the
Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens to mark an end to Marian month May
30, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI during an audience with the Association of the Holy Childhood
on May 30, 2009 at the Vatican.
Pope
Benedict XVI meets Czech President Vaclav Klaus at his private Library on
May 30, 2009 in Vatican City.
Pope
Benedict XVI speaks during a CEI (Italian Episcopal Conference) meeting,
at the Synod hall at the Vatican, Thursday, May 28, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI wears a Saturno hat as he leaves at the end of his Wednesday
general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican May 27, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI, speaks during the opening session of a conference of the
diocese of Rome, in St. John Lateran Basilica, in Rome, Tuesday May 26,
2009.
Card.
Angelo Bagnasco pray during the opening of 59
General meeting of the CEI at the Nervi Hall at the Vatican May 25,2009
Pope
Benedict XVI prays during his visit to the Polish war cemetery in Cassino,
central Italy, Sunday, May 24, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI prays at the Altare Maggiore (Major Altar) after a Vespers
prayer in Montecassino Basilica inside the abbey, in Cassino, Italy,
Sunday May 24, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI walks past the Immaculate Conception as he arrives to
celebrate an open-air Mass in Cassino, central Italy, Sunday, May 24,
2009.
Painting
of Saint Benedict founder of Abbey of Montecassino.Particular of
the museums of the abbey of Montecassino.The Holy Father Benedict XVI will
visit the abbey Sunday 24 May, 2009
Polish
cemetery in the abbey of Montecassino 20 May 2009. The Saint Father
Benedict XVI will visit the abbey Sunday 24 May, 2009 (photo 20 May 2009)
Pope
Benedict XVI (R) stands with President of the Republic of Macedonia Mr.
Gjeorge Ivanov during their meeting at the Vatican on May 22, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI (R) greets Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov during their
meeting at the Vatican on May 22, 2009.
Rev.
Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, SJ, Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian
University speaks with H.E. Mordechay Lewy ,The Ambassador of Israel to
the Holy See during the Interational Symposium "Paul in His Jewish
Matrix". In Rome 21 May 2009.
A
flag thrower performs in front of Pope Benedict XVI during his Wednesday
general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican May 20, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI and Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) shake hands during a
meeting at the Vatican May 18, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI greets the crowd gathered below in Saint Peter's square
during his weekly Angelus prayers at the Vatican May 17, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI (L) gestures during a press conference on the flight back
from his trip to the Middle-East on May 15, 2009.
Pope
Benedict prays during the visit in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem's Old City May 15, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI (L) meet Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III during his
visit to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the Old City of Jerusalem
15 May 2009.
Pope
Benedict celebrates mass in the Church of the Annunciation in the northern
Israeli city of Nazareth May 14, 2009.
Pope
Benedict (C) poses with religious leaders of Galilee and the Vatican
during their meeting in Nazareth May 14, 2009.
Pope
Benedict meets Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in the
northern city of Nazareth May 14, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI prays in front of the Grotto of the Annunciation in the
northern Israeli town of Nazareth, Thursday, May 14, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI waves during a mass on Mount Precipice, where the Bible says
a mob tried to hurl Jesus off a cliff, in the northern city of Nazareth
May 14, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI, center, waves to Palestinians as he leaves after a ceremony
at the Aida Refugee Camp, back dropped by the separation barrier in the
West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI, in white, surrounded by prelates and security officers,
prays in the grotto where tradition holds Jesus was born, in the Church of
the Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI leads a mass outside the Church of the Nativity, the site
revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in Manger Square in the West Bank town
of Bethlehem May 13, 2009.
Palestinan
President Mahmoud Abbas, walks with Pope Benedict XVI, left, during a
welcoming ceremony, at the Palestinian headquarters, in the West Bank town
of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI leads a mass at the Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the
Mount of Olives in Jerusalem May 12, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI visits the Cenacle, where Christian tradition says Jesus
attended The Last Supper, on Mount Zion just outside Jerusalem's Old City
walls May 12, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI visits the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in
Jerusalem's Old City May 12, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI,visits the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City,
Tuesday, May 12, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI, right, shakes hands with Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen during an
interfaith gathering at the Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem, Monday, May
11, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI prays after laying a wreath at the eternal flame,
commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust,
during a ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem Holocaust
memorial in Jerusalem May 11, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI plants an olive tree with Israel's President Shimon Peres (L)
at the President's residence in Jerusalem May 11, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI shakes hands with Israel's President Shimon Peres (R) during
a welcoming ceremony on his behalf upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben
Gurion International airport May 11, 2009.
Pope
Benedictduring his visit to the site where Jesus
Christ is believed to have been baptised near the Jordan River May 10,
2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI celebrates Sunday Mass at a stadium in Amman May 10, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI with Melkita Greek Patriarch S.B. Gregorio III Laham during
the mass at Saint George Victorious Cathedral in Amman May 9, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI (C) and Jordan's Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal leave
King Hussein Bin Talal mosque in Amman May 9, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI during the visit at the University of the Latin Patriarchy to
Madaba.9 May 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI waves as he prays near a modern sculpture of Moses' staff at
the Memorial of Moses Monastery at Mount Nebo May 9, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI, reviews the Honor Guards as he arrives at the Royal Palace
in Amman, Friday, May 8, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI wears a traditional Jordanian 'Kaffiyeh' during his visit to
the Lady of Peace Church in Amman, Jordan Friday, May 8, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI delivers a speech on his arrival in Amman, Jordan Friday, May
8, 2009.
King
Abdullah of Jordan, right, and Queen Rania, left, welcome Pope Benedict
XVI upon his arrival in Amman, Jordan, Friday, May, 8, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI waves at the end of a news conference aboard the aircraft on
his way to Jordan May 8, 2009.
El
Salvador's President Elias Antonio Saca (C) and his wife Ana Mixco Sol (L)
exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI during their meeting at the Vatican
May 7, 2009.
Vatican
Swiss Guards look on during the swearing-in ceremony for their new
comrades, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2009.
Mary
Ann Glendon,President of the Papal Academy of Social Sciences, speaks
during the press conference on the topic "The catholic Social Doctrine and
the human Rights" at the Vatican, 6 April 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead his general audience in Saint
Peter's Square at the Vatican May 6, 2009.
Vatican
Swiss Guards hold a commemorative wreath during a celebration of the 1527
Sack of Rome, in the courtyard of the headquarters of the Swiss Guards, at
the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2009.<<Selection in Document>>
Col.
Daniel Rudolf Anri,g commander of the Swiss Guard, looks on during the
mass for the new members of the Swiss Guards corps at the Vatican, May 6,
2009
Pope
Benedict XVI leads the Regina Coeli prayer from the window of his private
apartments at the Vatican May 3, 2009
Newly
ordained priests lay face down as they pray during a ceremony lead by Pope
Benedict XVI, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 3,
2009
Pope
Benedict XVI, attend a concert by Verdi Orchestra lead by Chinese director
Xian Zhang, to celebrate the fourth year of Benedict's pontificate, at the
Vatican, Thursday, April 30, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI (L) speaks with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe during a
private audience at the Vatican April 30, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI waves during his general audience in Saint Peter's
Square at the Vatican April 29, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI walks into a little church in Onna during his
visit to the earthquake-ravaged area, central Italy, Tuesday, April 28,
2009.
Pope Benedict XVI, caress Nikolai, son of the
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, at left holding him, during a
meeting at the Vatican in the pontiff's private library, Monday April 27,
2009.
Pope Benedict XVI (C) poses with Britain's Prince Charles(L)
and his wife Camilla (R), Duchess of Cornwall during a meeting in his
private library at the Vatican April 27, 2009.
Tapestries depicting five new saints hang from Saint Peter's facade at the
Vatican during a canonisation mass led by Pope Benedict XVI April 26,
2009.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his audience with Roman Catholic
religion teachers at the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 25,
2009.
Press conference of presentation of the Festival of Science
(Owerry, Nigeria 24 April- 2 May 2009). In Rome 22 April 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead his general audience in Saint
Peter's Square at the Vatican April 22, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI leads the Regina Coeli prayer from the balcony of his
residence in Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, April 19, 2009.
Fr Josè Rodriguez Carballo kiss the hand of Pope Benedict XVI
during the audience with members of the Franciscan Family at his summer
residence of Castelgandolfo April 18, 2009.
Session of the International Chapter of Mats in Assisi, Italy,
April 16. 2009
Franciscans walk outside the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in
Assisi, Italy, April 15. 2009.International chapter
of mats, VIII Centenary of our beginning (1209/2009).
Pope Benedict XVI waves during his Wednesday general audience in
Saint Peter's square at the Vatican April 15, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Regina Coeli prayer from the
window of his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo in the hills south of
Rome, on Easter Monday, April 13, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI delivers the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" (To the
City and the World) Easter message from the central loggia of St Peter's
Basilica at the Vatican.12 April 2009
Pope Benedict celebrates an Easter Mass in Saint Peter's square at
the Vatican April 12, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle during the Easter vigil mass in
St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 11, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI, right, receives the wooden cross from Cardinal
Agostino Vallini during the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight
procession on Good Friday in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April
10, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI uncovers the Crucifix as he leads the Passion of
the Christ Ceremony in St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 10, 2009
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone blesses the coffins during the funerals
for quake victims in L'Aquila, central Italy, Friday, April 10, 2009.
An aerial view of the town of L'Aquila, a day after a powerful
earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy, on Tuesday, April
7, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI washes the foot of a priest during the Cena
Domini mass at Basilica of Saint John Lateran in central Rome April 9,
2009
Pope Benedict XVI blows into the blessed oil as he celebrates the
Chrismal Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 9, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI looks on as he leads his weekly audience in St.
Peter's Square at the Vatican April 8, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI kisses a baby during an audience with Spanish
Pilgrims, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Monday, April 6, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI holds a palm as he arrives to lead the Palm
Sunday mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican April 5, 2009
Cardinal
Umberto Betti during a consistory Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the
Vatican in this Nov. 24, 2007, file photo. Cardinal Betti died April 1 in
Fiesole, central Italy, at t he age of 87.
Polish faithful pray in St. Peter Square to mark the fourth
anniversary of Pope John Paul's II death in Warsaw April 2, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI leads a special mass to mark the fourth anniversary of the
death of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 2,
2009.
Pope Benedict XVI waves from his pope-mobile as he is driven
through the crowd during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's
Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 1, 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 31 March 2009.
The archbishop Robert Sarah speaks during the presentation of two
books of Jean-Baptiste Sourou.In Rome March 30,2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI celebrates a mass at the Santo Volto di Gesu (Holy Face of
Jesus) church on the outskirts of Rome March 29,2009
Volunteer of the Italian Civil Service greets the Pope Benedict XVI
at the end of the special audience for Italian organisations of the civil
service in Nervi hall at the Vatican March 28, 2009.
S.Em.R.
Card. James Francis Stafford speaks during the XIII convention of Studies
of the Faculty of Canonical Right on the topic "Religious Liberty and
Reciprocity" in Rome.March 27,2009
Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Cipro's President Demetris
Christofias during his private visit to the Vatican March 27, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI greets the faithful as he leaves at the end of a meeting with
Angolan movements for the promotion of the women in Luanda's Santo Antonio
church, Angola, Sunday, March 22, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass at the Cimangola open ground in
the outskirts of Luanda March 22, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI watches a traditional dancer as she passes by during a youth
rally at the Dos Coqueiros stadium in Luanda March 21, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI during the meeting with the bishops of the Angola
and Sao Tomè. 20 March 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates mass during a meeting with Angola's
bishops, priests and faithful in Luanda's Sao Paulo, St. Paul, church,
Angola, Saturday, March 21, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at the Luanda International Airport in
Angola, Friday March 20, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI greets a group of pygmies from Cameroon's Baka
tribe before leaving for Angola March 20, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI holds hands with the faithful as he leaves the
Cardinal Paul Emile rehabilitation center, in Yaounde , Cameroon,
Thursday, March 19, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI waves at the crowd from his Popemobile as he
arrives to lead a mass at Amadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde March 19, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Vespers prayers at the Basilica of
Marie Reine des Apotres of Yaounde.18 March,2009
Pope Benedict XVI, centre, listens to a speech, during a meeting
with Cameroon's bishops at the Christ Roi, Christ King, church in Yaounde
, Cameroon, Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
President of Cameroon Paul Biya (2nd L) and his wife Chantal
receive Pope Benedict XVI at Unity Palace in Yaounde March 18, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd as he leaves the airport after
his arrival in Yaounde March 17, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI (R) talks with journalists, during his flight to
Africa March 17, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI waves from the entrance of an airplane departing
for Africa at Fiumicino international airport in Rome March 17, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads his Angelus prayer from the
window of his private apartments at the Vatican March 15, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Malta's President Eddie Fenech
Adami during his private visit to the Vatican March 14, 2009
07 February1989: Mgr José CARDOSO SOBRINHO
Juin 2008: Mgr Richard WILLIAMSON, Stockholm, Suède filephoto
Argentina's government on Thursday ordered the traditionalist Catholic
bishop to leave the country or face expulsion, citing his failure to
declare a job change as required by immigration law as well as his denials
of the Holocaust, which it called 'an insult' to humanity
Pope Benedict XVI (R) speaks with Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Rabbi Shear
Yashuv Cohen, during their meeting at the Vatican March 12, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI (R) waves to faithful from Cameroon as he leaves
his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 11, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by Rome's Mayor Gianni Alemanno (R),
waves to faithful from a balcony overlooking the Roman Forum, during his
visit to Campidoglio, Capitol Hill, in Rome, Monday March 9, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Angelus prayer from the
window of his private apartments in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican
March 8, 2009
Card.Georges
Cottier, Metaphysical Sense of Creation and Evolution speaks during the
III STOQ International Conference, "Biological Evolution, facts and
theories". A critical Appraisal 150 Years after "The Origin of
Species".Rome 6 March 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI waves as he leads his Angelus prayer from the window of his
private apartments at the Vatican March 1, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI spreads ashes on the head of Cardinal Josef Tomko during Ash
Wednesday mass at the church of Santa Sabina in Rome February 25, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at the Santa Sabina Basilica, for the Ash
Wednesday prayer service, in Rome, Wednesday Feb. 25, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI, at center, poses with participants of a Vatican conference
on the 'New Frontiers of Genetics and the Risk of Eugenics', at the
Vatican, Saturday, Feb, 21, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI, at center, meets cardinals in the Clementine hall at The
Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009.
Cardinal
Paul Joseph Pham Ðình Tung, Archbishop of Ha Nôi, Viêt Nam, was born on 15
June 1919 in Bình-Hoà, in the Diocese of Phát Diêm. Ordained to the
priesthood on 6 June 1949, he was named Bishop of Bac Ninh on 5 April 1963
and received his episcopal ordination on 15 August that year.Dead on
Saturday 21 February 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI poses for a photo with students during a visit to Rome's
major seminary 20 February 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI shakes hands with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during
a private audience in his private studio, at the Vatican, Thursday, Feb.
19, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI arrives at the his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at
the Vatican February 18, 2009.
Monsignor
Rino Fisichella, who heads the Pontifical Academy for Life, gestures
during a press conference on the new frontiers of genetic science and the
risks of eugenics.At the Vatican press room, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009
Cardinal
Stephen Sou Hwan Kim, Archbishop emeritus of Seoul , was born on 8 May
1922 in Tae Gu; ordained a priest on 15 September 1951; died on Monday at
the age of 86.
Pope
Benedict XVI greets the crowd gathered below in Saint Peter's square
during his weekly Angelus prayers at the Vatican February 15, 2009.
Card.
Jean-Louise Tauran speaks during a convention on the topic "A small
Territory for a great Mission" at the Nervi Hall at the Vatican . 14
Feb,2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI, third from right, flanked by Irish director Proinnsias O
Duin, third from left, are seen at the end of a concert marking the 80th
anniversary of the founding of the State of Vatican City on February
12,2008 at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican
Pope
Benedict XVI, left, shakes hands with Rabbi Arthur Schneier, senior Rabbi
at Park East Synagogue in New York, on the occasion of an audience with
about 60 American Jewish leaders, at the Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI walks pray in front a statue of St. Mary of Lourdes at the
end of a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, on the
occasion of the 'World Day of the Sick' in St. Peter's Basilica at the
Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI delivers his blessings during his weekly general audience in
Paul VI Hall at the Vatican February 11, 2009.
S.E.
Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi speaks during the press conference of presentation
of the International conference "Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories.
A Critical Appraisal 150 yars after "The origin of species".In Rome 10
Feb,2009.
A
visitor observes the New map of Vatican City during the extension
for the 80th anniversary celebration of Vatican City.In Rome to the
Vatican 9 Feb,2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Angelus prayer from the window of his
private apartments in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican February 8,
2009.
Card. Tauran speaks during the 90° Anniversary of the birth of the
newspaper " The Documentation Catholique" in the cultural Center of Sain
Luigi of French in Rome. 5 Feb,2009.
Pope
Benedict XVI waves to the faithful at the end of his weekly general
audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, February 4, 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 3 February 2009.
Press
Conference of presentation of the Laten Massage of our Holy Father
Benedict XVI 2009 , Rome , Feb.3,2009
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at the end of the mass of "Day of the
consecrated life" celebrated by Cardinal Franc Rode in Saint Peter's
Basilica at the Vatican February 2, 2009
Pope
Benedict XVI leads the Angelus prayer from the window of his private
apartment in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican February 1, 2009.
Press conference of presentation of the initiatives for celebrating
the anniversary of the signature of the Lateran Treaty.Rome January
30,2009.
Archbishop
Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture,
looks the "Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library " ,Rome. Jen 30,2009
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre presides at the 1988 ordinations of
Bishops Richard Williamson, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Bernard Fellay
and Alphonso de Galarreta in Econe, Switzerland. Archbishop Lefebvre and
the four new bishops were excommunicated afte r participating in the
ordination that had been forbidden by Pope John Paul II. Archbishop
Lefebvre, who died in 1991, founded the Society of St. Pius X.
Mons.
Gianfranco Ravasi (R), Prof. Nicola Cabibbo (C) and Father Josè Gabriel
Funes during the press conference of presentation of the initiatives of
the Holy See and institutions connected for the year of the astronomy and
of the international convention on Galileo Galilei.In Rome January
29,2009.
Pope Benedict XVI touches a lion cub held by a lion tamer of Circus
Medrano during his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the
Vatican January 28, 2009
Card.
Angelo Bagnasco President of the Italian Episcopal Conference speaks
during a plenary session in Rome. Januari 26,2009.
