Pope Benedict XVI during the Consistory ceremony in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 24, 2007. Pope Benedict, elevating 23 prelates from around the world to the elite rank of cardinal, made a pressing appeal on Saturday for an end to the war in Iraq and decried the plight of the country's Christian minority.
Pope Benedict celebrates the First Vespers on the occasion of the first week of Advent in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 26, 2005. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico
Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle during the celebration of the Vespers at the shrine of Mariazell, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of Vienna, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. The Pontiff made a pilgrimage to a famous shrine to the Virgin Mary, where he celebrated an open-air Mass for more than 30,000 faithful and made a case that faith is still a force for good in Europe.(AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Pope Benedict XVI blesses his faithful as he leads his Urbi et Orbi message (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican December. 25, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI holds his pastoral staff as he leaves after leading a Vespers prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Image: AFP-1441409, Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Vespers and Te Deum prayer in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on December 31, 2008. / Filippo MONTEFORTE, Place: Vatican City,VATICAN CITY STATE, License: Rights managed, Credit line: profimedia.cz, AFP
Pope Benedict XVI attends a Vespers prayer in Montecassino Basilica inside the abbey, in Cassino, Italy, Sunday May 24, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during an open-air Mass in Cassino, central Italy, Sunday, May 24, 2009. Benedict XVI made a pilgrimage Sunday to Monte Cassino, the site of a decisive World War II battle in southern Italy and home to a rebuilt Benedictine monastery particularly dear to the pontiff.
Pope Benedict XVI during the ecumenical ceremony of Vespers in the in St. Paul Outside the Walls' Basilica in Rome, Italy, 25 January 2010. The Pope said the world is marked by religious indifference and is decrying what he calls a 'growing aversion' to Christians
