Pope Benedict XVI, wearing sun glasses, and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein, right, and his personal assistant Angelo Gugel, left, walk on a bridge of the Centro Cadore's lake in Domegge, Lorenzago di Cadore, near Belluno, Italy, Monday, July 23, 2007. Benedict arrived from his monastic-like vacation to bless the faithful at his secluded mountain retreat in Italy's Dolomite mountains. Benedict plans to stay in Lorenzago, near Italy's border with Austria, until July 27, when he moves to the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo, in the hills south Rome. AP Photo logo AP Photo 28 months ago

Pope Benedict XVI, wearing sun glasses, and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein, right, and his personal assistant Angelo Gugel, left, walk on a bridge of the Centro Cadore's lake in Domegge, Lorenzago di Cadore, near Belluno, Italy, Monday, July 23, 2007. Benedict arrived from his monastic-like vacation to bless the faithful at his secluded mountain retreat in Italy's Dolomite mountains. Benedict plans to stay in Lorenzago, near Italy's border with Austria, until July 27, when he moves to the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo, in the hills south Rome.

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