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 Benedict during 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

 

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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.
 

Pope Benedict XVI,celebrates a Vespers prayer inside the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, in Rome, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009

 

 Pope Benedict XVI looks at a white dove released by children from the window of his private apartment at the end of the Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican January 25, 2009

Macedonia's President Branko Crvenkovski (R) speaks with Pope Benedict XVI during a private audience at the Vatican January 23, 2009

 

 Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli speaks during the press Conference will be held to present the Message of the 43rd World Day of Social Communications, which has as irs theme this year: "New Technologies, New Relationships.Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship".In Rome in the Hall of the Holy See Press Office.January 23,2009.

Cardinal Attilio Nicora during a meeting on the " financing of the church " in Rome, Jan. 22,2009
 

Father Federico Lombardi speaks during the presentation of the documentary, "Iraq SOS Refugees" of Elisabetta Valgiusti,in Rome.January 21,2009.

Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo with his wife Maria Sung during an encounter near the Center of Ecumenical Russia in Rome, January 21, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his Wednesday general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican January 21, 2009
 

Protesters stop to pray in front of the Colosseum during a protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza, in Rome January 17, 2009

Protesters take part in an Amnesty International demonstration in Rome's Repubblica Square, to demand for the closure of Cuba's U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention facility, January 17, 2009.

Card. Angelo Comastri blesses the animals of the A.I.A ( Italian association breeders ).In Rome.January 17,2009.

The 15th century wooden crucifix attributed to Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti is displayed to the press during the exhibition at the Italian parliament in Rome on January 15, 2009.

Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, head of the Vatican's Apostolic Penitentiary during the Symposium of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Rome, Jan 14,2008
 

Don Domenico Pompili speaks during the press conference on the topic , Migrant Saint Paul, Apostle of people. "Not more foreigners nor hosts but of the God family".In Rome January 14,2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI (L)and his personal segretary Genswein Georg looks on during his weekly general audience at the Vatican January 14, 2009

 

Pope Benedict XVI incenses the coffin of Cardinal Pio Laghi during his funeral ceremony in St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009.

Pio Cardinal Laghi (21 May 1922 – 10 January 2009) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church, whose service has been limited to the diplomatic service of the Holy See and to the Roman Curia. He is the Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991.Is dead Saturday 10 Jan,2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI, left, baptizes a child in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009.

A police officers stand on guard during the opening ceremony of the judicial year at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009
ry 9,2009

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican during an audience for members of the Neocatechumenal Way, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009.

Em.mo Card. Ennio Antonelli, President of the Papal Council for the Family, speaks during the Briefing of presentation of the VI World-wide encounter of the Families (Mexico 14-18 January 2009).Rome January 9,2009

Pope Benedict XVI attends his annual meeting with Holy See Diplomats at the Hall of the Throne on January 8, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican.
 

Pope Benedict XVI wawes at the end of his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican January 7,2009.
 

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during the Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartment in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican January 6, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI incense as he leads the Epiphany Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican January 6, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI waves during the Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartment in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican January 4, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful from his studio window during a new year service in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009.
 

Lebanese children passes by Pope Benedict XVI during a New year service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the First Vespers and Te Deum prayers in Saint Peter's basilica at the Vatican December 31, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he leads his Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartments in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican December 28, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the crowd gathered below in St. Peter's square during his Angelus prayers in the Vatican December 26, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI waves his faithful as he leads his Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) Christmas Day message from the central balcony of Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican December 25, 2008

Children bring offerings as Pope Benedict XVI leads the Christmas Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 25, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI lights a candle from the window of his private apartments at the Vatican December 24, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message during an audience to exchange Christmas wishes with cardinals and prelates, in the Clementine Hall, at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008

Press conference of presentation of the calendar of the activities of the CCEE for 2009.In Rome December 18,2008.

Pope Benedict XVI greates (L) traditional bagpipes at the end of his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican December 17, 2008
 

Press conference of presentation of the published books from the Publisher Bookcase Vatican "Verso le origini.Una genealogia episcopale" of the Card. Angelo Sodano and "Riflessioni sul sacerdozio.Lettera a un giovane sacerdote" of the Card. Framcis Arinze.In Rome.December 16,2008

Pope Benedict XVI, framed by the branches of the Christmas tree, greets the faithful during the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008.
 

A 33-metre high and 120-year-old Christmas tree is lit during a ceremony in St-Peter's square at the Vatican, 13 December 2008. This year the tree, which is donated from a different part of Europe each year, came from the forests of Austria
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves at the end of a Mass for students of universities in Rome, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.

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 2009).At the Vatican December 11, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (L) and Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano (R) attend a concert marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paul VI hall at the Vatican December 10, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of the Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican December 10, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI prays during the Immaculate Conception celebration prayer in Spain's central square in Rome December 8, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI waves at the end of the Immaculate Conception celebration prayer in Spain's central square in Rome December 8, 2008

Italian transgender and former communist lawmaker Vladimir Luxuria mimics a hanging, outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, during a candle-lit demonstration for gay rights, in Rome, Saturday Dec. 6, 2008.

Workers place decorations on the giant Christmas tree set up in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008.

Vatican Fire Brigade during a ceremony for the patrons of the Vatican Firefighters, in the Vatican gardens, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008

People walk past workers erecting a 33-metre high and 120-year-old Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican early December 5, 2008. This year the tree, which is donated from a different part of Europe each year, came from the forests of Austria

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful as he celebrates his weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican December 3, 2008

 

Pope Benedict XVI greats Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaska during their private audience at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008

 

Pope Benedict XVI visits a statue of Pope Pio XII during his pastoral visit to the Roman basilica of San Lorenzo, for the 1750th anniversary of the martyrdom of the deacon Saint in Rome November 30, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI (C) leads the Vespri mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 29, 2008
 

Convention on the topic " The Word of God in the Liturgy". In Rome, November 29, 2008

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo during a Press Conference of presentation of a new albums songs of the Master Placido Domingo, inspired by poems penned by the late pope John Paul II.At the Vatican November 28, 2008.
 

Convention of study in occasion of 25° of the entrance in vigor of the Code of canon law.In Rome in Urbaniana University. November 27,2008.

Card. Tarcisio Bertone speaks during the Finmeccanicas Convention on the topic " The Science 400 years after Galileo Galilei.The value and the complexity ethic of the contemporary tecno-scientific search.Rome November 26, 2008

 

Catholicos Aram I, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (See of Cilicia), during a press conference in Vatican Radio , Rome, November 26, 2008

 

Solar panels cover the roof of the Paul VI hall near the cupola of Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 26, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI (R) greets Catholicos Aram I, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (See of Cilicia), after his general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican November 26, 2008
 

XIII Public session of the Papal Academies on the topic " University of the beauty: aesthetics and ethics to comparison". In Rome November 25,2008.

Pope Benedict XVI with His Holiness Aram I during a meeting at the Library of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City.November 24,2008

Pope 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 November 23, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI, gestures, as he arrives for an audience for members of the diocese of the southern Italian town of Amalfi, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008

Convention "One hundred Years to the service of the Consacrated Life" promoted from the Congregation for the Institutes of consecrated life and the Societies of apostolic life to Rome. November 22, 2008.

Colloquium on the topic "How Should we Teach Moral Theology?" Perspectives of Renewal in recent Proposals of Systematic exposition.In Rome November 21,2008.In the Papal Lateranense University.

Father James Duncan during a press Conference on the topic "The Question of "Chinese Rituals" A crash of cultures. In Rome in the Center For Union.November 20,2008.

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful as he celebrates his weekly general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican November 19, 2008

 

Card. Tarcisio Bertone during the Inauguration of the International bookcase " Benedict XVI" of the Vatican Publishing Bookcase .In Rome November 18 2008.

Pope 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 November 16, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI, right, looks on as he meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the Vatican, Thursday Nov. 13, 2008.

Press conference of presentation of the solemn commemorations in Vatican of the 60° Anniversary of "Universal declaration of the Rights of Man":Commemorative action and celebrativ Concert, directed from Master Inma Shara to the presence of Pope Benedict XVI (10 Decembers 2008). In Rome November 13, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI waves after his general audience in Saint Peter Square at the Vatican November 12, 2008.

Rev. F. Federico lombardi speaks during the press conference of presentation of XXIII the International conference on the topic " The Pastoral in the cure of sicks children " In Rome November 11,2008

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer, from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008.

Meeting at the Gregorian University in Rome November 6, 2008.
 

Convention in the 50° anniversary of the dead of the servant of God " Inheritance of the mastery of Pio XII" to Rome. November 6,2008.

Pope Benedict XVI greets Muslim delegation head Mustafa Ceric (R), the Grand Mufti of Bosnia, at the Vatican November 6, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI waves at the end of his general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican November 5, 2008

Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran (L) looks at a religious book with Prof Mustafa Ceric Gran Muffi of the Bosnia Erzegovina during a meeting at the Vatican November 4, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass to commemorate cardinals and bishops who died this year, in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 3, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI visits the tomb of the late Pope John Paul II under Saint Peter's Basilica on All Saints Day at the Vatican November 2, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI delivers the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008

Cardinal Agostino Vallini celebrates a mass to commemorate the deads in the Verano's cemetery, Rome, November 1st, 2008

Pope Benedict recites the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square, on All Saints' Day, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008.

Mons. Giuseppe Merisi, president of Italian Caritas, before the presentation of the " Static Dossier Immigration 2008". 18th Report" , cured from Italian Caritas, Caritas of Rome and Fondation Migrantes in Rome, 0ctober 30, 2008.

S.E. Card. Attilio Nicora speaks during the convention organized from the Foundation Justice and solidarity on the topic " From the debit to the peace, a duty for the future". In Rome October 31, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI (L) greets Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman during a meeting at the Vatican October 31, 2008.
 

 Pope Benedict XVI greets Jewish delegation leader Rabbi David Rosen (L) at the Vatican October 30, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI greets Card. Zenon Grocholewski after a mass for the Inauguration of the Academic year of the Papal Athenaeums Roman in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 30, 2008
 

 Press conference of presentation of a document of the Congregation for the Catholic Education : "Orientations for the use of the competences psychological in the admission and formation of the candidates to the priesthood" in Rome October 30, 2008.

Mons. Rino Fisichella and Card. Agostino Vallini during the Inauguration of the Academic year of the Papal Lateranense University in Rome October 29, 2008

  Pope Benedict XVI waves next unidentifire bishop as Msgr. Georg Ganswein speaks with Monsignor Parmeggiani Mauro during his general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican October 29, 2008

 

Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of Pope John XXIII's tomb to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the latter's election to the papacy in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 28, 2008

  Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega
Archbishop of Monterrey (México) takes possession of the Title of St.Maria della Presentazione , Rome Oct 27, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass to celebrate the end of the Synod of the Bishops in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 26, 2008
 

  Faithfuls attends a mass celebrated by Cardinal Vicar Agostino Vallini in occasion of the pilgrimage of the Rome's diocese on the apostle Paul's tomb at Saint Paul outside the Walls in Rome, October 26 2008.

Press conference on the presentation of works of the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Bishops 'Syonod in Rome October 25, 2008.

  Bishops during the meeting of the Synod of the bishops at the Nervi Hall at the Vatican October 25, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican October 22,2008.
 

  Pope Benedict XVI prays during the meeting of the Synod of the bishops at the Nervi Hall in the Vatican October 21, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a Mass at the shrine city of Pompei, south of Naples, October 19, 2008

  Pope Benedict XVI with Bartolomeo I Ecumenical Patriarch during the celebration of Vespers in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.Vatican.October 18,2008.

Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, center, right, with hand to his face, the former personal secretary to Pope John Paul II, watch a movie on the life of Pope John Paul II, based on the recollections of his longtime private secretary, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008

  Press conference of presentation of the Relatio post disceptationem of XII the Genelaly Assembly Ordinary of the Synod of the Bishop.Rome In the Press Office to the Holy See in Rome.October 16,2008

Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, Poland, celebrates Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome , Oct.16,2008
 

  Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz during a news conference to promote a new documentary film on the life of the late Pope John Paul II in Rome October 15, 2008.

 

Pope Benedict XVI waves during his general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican October 15, 2008
 

  Signature of agreement of cooperation for the translation and the spread of the Bible between the Biblical federation Cattolica and United Bible Societies.. Rome In the Press Office to the Holy See in Rome.October 14,2008

Laborers of the Company Solarworld AG, during the installation of Solar Panel on the roof of Paul VI hall at the Vatican.Rome October 14,2008.

  A general view of Saint Paul Outside the Wall Basilica during a concert of the Austrian Wiener Philharmoniker directed by Christoph Eschenbach to lead from Pope Benedict XVI in Rome October 13, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates an open-air canonization ceremony of Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, Gaetano Errico, Sister Maria Bernarda and Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran in St. Peter's square at the Vatican Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.

  Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a Mass commemorating the 50th anniversary of Pius XII's death in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican October 9, 2008

 

Sr. Margherita Marchione during the presentation of the its book "Pio XII. The truth will make you free. Rome near the Radius Vatican October 8,2008.

 

Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino and Monsignor Agostino Marchetto speaks during the presentation for the next " 95° world day for the migrante and refugee " Oct..8,,2008

 

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves from his general audience in Saint Peter Square at the Vatican October 8, 2008
 

Cardinal Sfeir Nasrallah Pierre (L) leaves to the meeting of the Synod of the bishops at the Nervi Hall at the Vatican October 7, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI (L) greets Rabbi Shear-Yashuv Cohen (R), Chief Rabbi of Haifa during the Synod of the Bishops led by Pope Benedict XVI October 6, 2008

Card. Marc Ouellet general reporter of the Synod of the Bishops, speaks during a press conference about presentation of the "Relatio ante disceptationem" of the XII General Assembly of the Synod of the Bishops.In the Press Office to the Holy See in Rome.October 6,2008

Pope Benedict XVI speaks during the opening meeting of the Synod of the bishops at the Nervi Hall in the Vatican October 6, 2008


 

Pope Benedict XVI holds an incense burner as he leads a mass to celebrate the opening of the Synod of the Bishop at Saint Paul Outside the Wall Basilica in Rome October 5, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano (R) on his arrival for a meeting at the Quirinale palace in Rome October 4, 2008.
 

Mons. Nikola Eterovic, General Secretary of the Synod of the Bishops, during the press conference on the development about the next Synod.In the Press Office to the Holy See in Rome.October 3,2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead his general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican October 1, 2008

 

Mons. Giuseppe Betori, general secretary of the CEI, during the press conference of presentation of the final official notice of the intense activities of Permanent the Episcopal Council of Italian Episcopal Conference to Rome near the Radius Vatican.September 30,2008.

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing from his window during his Angelus prayer at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008
 

Members of the Vatican police corps march during the celebration of the Vatican Gendarmerie and feast day of Saint Michael the Archangel, at the Pope's summer residence of Castelgandolfo September 27, 2008.

Convention on the topic " The Importance of science today Faith and reason on the test bench" promoted of the Association Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker near the Papal Gregoriana University.Rome September 26,2008.

Press conference of presentation of the " Instruction on the Advanced Institutes of Sciences Religious" by the Congregation for the Catholic Education of the Seminaries and the Institutes of Studies.In the Press Office to the Holy See in Rome September 25, 2008.
 25, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican September 24, 2008

 

Pope Benedict XVI, at center, celebrates mass in Albano's cathedral, on the outskirt of Rome, during a ceremony to bless a new altar, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.
 

Convention on Pio XII organized from the foundation "Pave the way" to Rome Salviati Palace September 17,2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI walks as he leaves at the end of his general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican September 17, 2008.

 

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate his final mass at the Lourdes shrine in southwestern France, on September 15, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI during its speech to the French bishops in the Hemicycle of Saint Bernadette to Lourdes, September 14,2008.France
 

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates an eucharistic procession in Lourdes, southwestern France, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass at the Lourdes shrine, southwestern France, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the Papamobile as he arrives to celebrate Mass at La Prairie in Lourdes on September 14, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI prays at the Grotto of the Apparitions, also called Grotto of Massabielle, on September 13, 2008 in the Sanctuary of Lourdes.
 

Catholic faithful take part in the Marian Procession of Light at the Rosary Basilica (Basilique Notre-Dame du Rosaire) on September 13, 2008 in the Sanctuary of Lourdes.


 

Pope Benedict XVI delivers a speech during a visit to the French Institute as members listen in Paris September 13, 2008.

 

Pope Benedict XVI, celebrates an outdoors mass on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008.

Crowd of faithfuls joined in the public square of the Cathedral of Notre Dame for the beginning of the Torchlight procession of midnight that it will finish to the Esplanade of the Invalids. Paris September 12,2008

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates vespers at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on September 12, 2008.


 

Saïd Ali Koussay, président of GAIC kiss the hand of Pope Benedict XVI during the meeting at the College des Bernardins September 12, 2008 in Paris.

 

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he walks with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace in Paris September 12, 2008.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, welcomes Pope Benedict XVI, upon his arrival at Orly airport, south of Paris, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.

Press conference of presentation of "Caravan missionary of the Peace" on the topic "Free the Word" in the Radius Vatican, Rome.September 11,2008.

Cardinal Antonio Innocenti, Emeritus President of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", was born on 23 August 1915 in Poppi, is died Sunday 7 September .
 

Pope Benedict XVI wawes to the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008.
 

S.E Mons. Giuseppe Betori has been elect from Pope Benedict XVI, new Archbishop of Firenze.Rome September 08 , 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI lights a candle in front of the statue of Our Lady of Bonaria as he celebrates a Mass during a Pastoral visit in the Sardinian town of Cagliari September 7, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by bishops from Saint Egidio Community during his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican September 3, 2008


 

Freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt (R) meets Pope Benedict in a private audience at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo September 1, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his weekly general audience at the Vatican August 27, 2008.

 

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful during the Assumption festival at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome, August 15, 2008

 

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during his weekly general audience from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome Aug 13, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves before leaving Bressanone where he spent his annual holidays on August 11, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI during its speech of dismissal in the courtyard of the Greater Seminary of Bressanone, 11 Mondays Aug, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI speaks during the Sunday noon Angelus prayer, in Bressanone, Italy, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI shows the certificate stating his honorary citizenship during a ceremony where he received the honorary citizenship of Bressanone, in this Northern Italian mountain resort, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008.

 

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in procession to the meeting with the priests in the dome of Bressanone ,near Bolzano, northern Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI kisses a child as he arrives to pray a visit to the home of Josef Freinademetz a 19th century saint who died as a missionary in China, and to pray in the church devoted to him, in Oies, Alta Badia, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithfuls during his Angelus prayer in Bressanone, near Bolzano, Italy, Sunday, August 03, 2008
 

Father Adolfo Nicolas General Preposito of the order of the Jesuits speaks during the eucharistic celebration in the memory of Saint Ingazio di Loyola, founder of the Company of Jesus in the roman church of the Jesus. 31 July, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI strolls in a garden with his brother Bishop Georg Ratzinger during his annual holiday in Bressanone, northern Italy July 31, 2008

Edio Costantini President of the Foundation John Paul II speaks during the press conference " Correre sulle Orme di San Paolo" Marathon Gerusalemme-Rome from the April 24 to June 21, 2009 in the hall Marconi of the Radius Vatican. Rome July 28,2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with the faithful as he arrives for his annual holidays in Bressanone, northern Italy, July 28, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a private visit in the summer residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, July 25, 2008.

City of Bressanone where the Holy Father Benedict XVI will pass one period of vacations from the 28 July to 11 August 2008.
July 25,2008.

Pope Benedict XVI, claps his hands as he meets journalists on the flight from Sydney, Australia, to Rome at the end of his visit to Australia on the occasion of the World Youth Day, Monday, July 21, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI, seen inside his Pope mobile, arrives at Randwick Racecourse to celebrate the Final Mass at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, July 20, 2008

Jesus speaks to Mary and John is perforJesus speaks to Mary and John is performed as part of Stations of the Cross at Barangaroo during World Youth Day Sydney 2008 on July 18, 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
dney, Australia.
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves at the conclusion of the Evening Vigil at Randwick Racecourse during World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, July 19 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates mass at the St. Mary Cathedral in Sydney on July 19 2008

Pope Benedict XVI meets young disadvantaged people at an event during World Youth Day (WYD) festivities in Sydney July 18, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI, top center, addresses pilgrims as The Stations of the Cross begin outside St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Friday, July 18, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI, center back, shakes hands with Sheikh Shardy who represents Australian Muslims at an inter-faith gathering during World Youth Day festivities, in Sydney, Australia, Friday, July 18, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI (C) listens to a welcome speech from Australia's senior Catholic cleric Cardinal George Pell (R) in St Mary's Cathedral Crypt in Sydney July 18, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI sits with young people during a lunch at St. Mary Cathedral house in Sydney July 18, 2008.
 

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, Pope Benedict XVI and Mr. Rudd's wife Therese Rein, right, enjoy a look over Sydney Harbor during a visit to Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, July 17, 2008

Pilgrims gather at the Bangaroo harbor as Pope Benedict XVI, unseen, address the crowd in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, July 17, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI talks to an Australian Aborigine aboard a harbor cruise in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, July 17, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI kneels in front of the altar during his visit at the Mary MacKillop Memorial chapel in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, July 17, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI wears an Australian police hat during his meeting with a former Australian Police officer at the Kenthurst Study Center in Sydney, Wednesday, July 16, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI strokes koala bear at Kenthurst Study Center in Sydney July 14, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Ecumenical PatrYouths during the mass celebrates by Cardinal Vingt -Trois in the International Media Certer of Sydney, Monday, July 14, 2008
 

Cardinal Vingt -Trois celebrates the mass in the International Media Certer of Sydney, Monday, July 14, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Ecumenical PatrHead of the Catholic Church in Australia Cardinal George Pell leads the World Youth Day opening mass in Sydney July 15, 2008.

 

Pope Benedict XVI and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein, left,lsten a concert at the Kenthurst Study Centre, in Sydney, Monday, July 14, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Ecumenical PatrPope Benedict XVI, center, and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein, left, and Monsignor Alfred Xuereb walk holding their rosary at the Kenthurst Study Centre, in Sydney, Monday, July 14, 2008
 

Youths walk with flags at the Barangaroo East Darling Harbour in Sydney, Monday, July 14, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Ecumenical PatrPope Benedict XVI walks by a lake at the Kenthurst Study Center in Sydney July 14, 2008


 

Card. Vicar Agostino Vallini celebrates the mass in the Church of Saint Maria in Traspontina.Roma July 13,2008.


 

Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Ecumenical PatrPope Benedict XVI looks on as he meets journalists during a press conference on the flight from Rome to Sydney, Australia, Saturday, July 12, 2008.

 

Pope Benedict XVI gestures during the Angelus prayer from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome July 6, 2008.

 

Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Ecumenical PatrVatican Gendarmi poses in the Vatican with the new uniforms. Rome July 2 ,2008.


 

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his weekly general audience at the Paul VI Hall in Vatican July 2, 2008

 

Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I stand in front of the tomb of Saint Peter at the end of a solemn mass to celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2008.




 

Pope Benedict XVI during a solemn mass to celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2008


 

Pope Benedict XVI (L) and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I arrive to lead the Vespri's ceremony at the St. Paolo's Basilica in Rome June 28, 2008.



 

Pope Benedict XVI meets with Rome's mayor Gianni Alemanno during a private audience at the Vatican June 28, 2008.

 

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Portugal President Anibal Cavaco Silva during a meeting at his private library, June 28 , 2008, in Vatican, Rome.



 

Pope Benedict XVI with previous Vatican tribunal head, Italian Cardinal Agostino Vallini,named to the high-profile as the pontiff's assistant for the diocese of Rome at the Vatican Friday, June 27, 2008.


 

Pope Benedict XVI caress a child after his weekly general audience at the Vatican Wednesday, June 25, 2008.


 

Pope Benedict XVI poses with the new Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, Matthew Festing (centre L) of Britain, and his entourage during their meeting at the Vatican June 23, 2008.

 

Conference for the Radius Catholic promoted from the Papal Council of the Social Communications.
June 19,2008 in Rome Papal University Urbaniana

 

Pope Benedict XVI poses with Congo's President Joseph Kabila Kabange during a meeting at his private library, June 19 , 2008, in Vatican, Rome.

 

Pope Benedict XVI, wearing a 'Saturno' hat, inspired by the ringed planet Saturn, acknowledges faithful during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
 

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) exchanges gifts with Pope Benedict XVI in the medieval St John's Tower at the Vatican June 13, 2008.
 

S.E.Msgr Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, speaks during the press conference of Presentation of the Instrumentus Laboris of XII the Shareholders' meeting Ordinary of the Synod of the Bishops, in the Press Office to the Holy See in Rome June 12,2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves the faithfull in St Peter's Square in the Vatican during his weekly audience on June 11, 2008.




 

Pope Benedict XVI delivering his speech at the diocese convention on 'Christ is Risen' at St. John the Lateran Basilica in Rome Monday, June 9, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI welcomes Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on the occasion of their meeting at the Vatican, Friday, June 6, 2008



 

Press conference of presentation of the initiatives for the Year Paolino, near the center of the Radius Vatican, Rome, June 5,2008
 

S.E. Card. Jean-Louis Tauran speaks during the X Plenary Assembly of the Papal Council for the Interreligius Dialogue, on the topic " The dialogue in the truth and the charity: guidelines pastoral" near the center of the Ministry,Rome ,June 4,2008


 

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithfull as he arrives in St Peter's Square in the Vatican for his weekly audience on June 4, 2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful during the audience to the pilgrimage of Torino at The Paul VI Hall in Vatican, Rome June 2, 2008.


 

Pope Benedict XVI, next to a statue of Mary, delivers his message on the occasion of a Mass to celebrate the end of the month of May, dedicated by the Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary, in St Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, May 31, 2008.
 

Card. Sanislaw Rylko (President of the Papal Council for the Laici), takes possession of Title of "Sacro Cuore di Gesù" Rome, May 30, 2008

 

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by Bishops and Cardinals attending the Italian Episcopal Conference session at the Vatican May 29, 2008.
 

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican May 28, 2008
 

Card. J. Francis Stafford takes possession of the Title of St. Pietro in Montorio, Rome May 25, 2008
 

Card. Angelo Comastri takes possession of the Title of St. Salvatore in Lauro, Rome, May 24,2008
 

Pope Benedict XVI during the mass of suffrage for the Card. Bernardin Gantin, in Basilica Vatican, May 23,2008

Pope Benedict XVI takes part in a candlelit Corpus Domini procession between the basilicas San Giovanni in Laterano and Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome May 22, 2008.
 

Conference of Faculty of Communication of the University Catholic, promoted from the Papal Council of the Social Communications, on the topic " L' identity and the mission of a Faculty in the Communication Cattolica.A university look to the future of the communications with to all the Chiesa" in Vatican, Rome May 22,2008