Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile wearing a Mexican sombrero as he arrives to give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico on Sunday, March 25, 2012.
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Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon, left, looks on as Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by children at the airport in Silao, Mexico, his first to the country on Friday, March 23, 2012.
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the popemobile to celebrate a Mass on the outskirts of Angola’s seaside capital, Luanda, the last major event before the end of the visit on Sunday, March 22, 2009.
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Pope Benedict XVI offers a nun the Holy Communion, a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, as Benedict XVI celebrated a Holy Thursday Mass that included the traditional blessing of holy oils – some of which the church will send to an earthquake zone as a sign of closeness to the stricken population.
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Pope Benedict XVI stands by the salvaged remains of Pope Celestine V, in the 13th-century Santa Maria di Collemaggio Basilica on April 28, 2009.
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Pilgrims cheer and sing as they wait at the site where Pope Benedict XVI will give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico on March 25, 2012.
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Pope Benedict XVI waves to wellwishers as he leaves the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, following a vespers service on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.
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Archbishop Piero Marini drapes Pope Benedict XVI with the pallium during his installment Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message at the end of a meeting of Vatican cardinals, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013.
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing at the end of a meeting of Vatican cardinals, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013.
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Pope Benedict XVI leaves after attending a meeting of Vatican cardinals where he read a document in Latin in which he announced his resignation, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013.
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