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This file picture taken on January 6, 2011 at The Vatican shows a Swiss guard (L) and a Vatican's gendarme attending the mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI for the solemnity of the Epiphany at St Peter's basilica. The Vatican spokesman Federico... View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI talks to the head of the Vatican bank Ettore Gotti Tedeschi (R) in this September 26, 2010 file photo. Gotti Tedeschi has been ousted by the board of directors, the Vatican said on May 24, 2012, blaming him for a deterioration in... View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI waits prior to a private audience with Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski at the Vatican May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) speaks with Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski during a private audience at the Vatican May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) listens as Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev speaks during a private audience at the Vatican May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI (L) poses with Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev during a private audience at the Vatican May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 24: Pope Benedict XVI (L) flanked by his personal secretary Monsignor Georg Ganswein (R), waits at his private library for a meeting with the President of the Republic of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski on May 24, 2012 in Vatican City,... View Photo »
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 24: Pope Benedict XVI meets the President of the Republic of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski at his private library on May 24, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. View Photo »
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 24: President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev arrives at Vatican for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI on May 24, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. View Photo »
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 24: Pope Benedict XVI meets the new President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev at his private library on May 24, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI waves to participants of the Council to the Episcopal Conferences of Italy at the Vatican May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI meets Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev (L) at the Vatican May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI waits prior a private audience to the Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski at The Vatican on May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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BulgarIAn Orthodox priests stand in a Vatican's courtyard past Swiss guards prior a private audience of Pope Benedict XVI with the President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev on May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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A bishop uses his tablet to take pictures as Pope Benedict XVI addresses the plenary assembly of the CEI, Italian Bishops' Conference, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI addresses the plenary assembly of the CEI, Italian Bishops' Conference, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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Bishops wait for the start of Pope Benedict XVI speech at the plenary assembly of the CEI, Italian Bishops' Conference, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 24, 2012. View Photo »
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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives during a meeting with the bishops taking part in the plenary session of the Italian episcopal conference on May 24, 2012 at The Vatican. View Photo »
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Bulgarian Orthodox priests pass by a group of Swiss guards as they arrive for a private audience of Pope Benedict XVI with the President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev, at the Vatican Thursday, May 24, 2012. View Photo »
About Pope Benedict XVI
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Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI. ; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 16 April 1927) is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church, which includes the Latin Church and the twenty-two sui... Full Article
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