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Pope Benedict XVI prays during his weekly general audience at the Vatican 20 June 2007. Pope Benedict XVI marked World Refugee Day by calling on governments to respect the rights of asylum seekers and refugees and to protect those fleeing for their lives. At the end of his weekly audience at the Vatican, the pontiff invoked the annual event so that "public opinion does not forget those who are forced to flee their home countries following real threats to their lives".
Pope Benedict XVI blesses faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday Oct. 15, 2006 for the canonization ceremony of Mother Theodore Guerin, a French-born nun who struggled in the 19th century in the American frontier land, Rafael Guizar Valencia, a Mexican Bishop whose dead body reportedly did not decay and two Italians, Rosa Venerini, who pushed for education for girls and Filippo Smaldone, an Italian priest who worked with the deaf. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Fot. Wojtek Laski / East News Wizyta Ojca Swietego Benedykta XVI w Wadowicach - rodzinnym miescie Jana Pawla II, podczas pielgrzymki do Polski. Papiez zwiedzil Bazylike pw. Ofiarowania Najswietszej Maryi Panny, dom rodzinny Jana Pawla II, a takze spotkal sie z mieszkancami. First visit of pope Beneditct XVI to Poland Visit to Wadowice
**FOUR PICTURE COMBO**Pope Benedict XVI looks at white doves freed by two children at the end of the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan.29, 2006. The pontiff on Sunday prayed for the victims of the roof collapse in Poland, which killed at least 66 people and injured more than 160, and said he was joined spiritually to their families. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Benedict XVI, wearing the camauro hat on his popemobile, waves as he arrives for the traditional weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005. The pontiff offered prayers for the victims of last year's tsunami in south-east Asia. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful and pilgrims as he arrives at the Marienfeld, a former open-pit coal mine, near Cologne, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005. Hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics streamed into the open field for an evening service led by Pope Benedict XVI as part of the church's World Youth Day festival. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, Pool)
German born Pope Benedict XVI speaks in front of a German flag during his arrival at the airport in Cologne, Germany, Aug. 18, 2005. Pope Benedict XVI arrived on his first foreign trip as pontiff to take part in the Roman Catholic Church's 20th World Youth Day in Cologne. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope Benedict XVI celebrates his first mass in St Peter's Square at the Vatican 24 April 2005. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flocked to the Vatican early Sunday for the inaugural mass of Pope Benedict XVI, who was to be installed as the Roman Catholic Church's 265th pope.
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope Benedict XVI puts on the Fisherman's Ring during his first mass in St Peter's Square at the Vatican 24 April 2005. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flocked to the Vatican early Sunday for the inaugural mass of Pope Benedict XVI, who was to be installed as the Roman Catholic Church's 265th pope. AFP PHOTO VINCENZO PINTO
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope Benedict XVI celebrates mass in St Peter's Square at the Vatican 24 April 2005. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flocked to the Vatican early Sunday for the inaugural mass of Pope Benedict XVI, who was to be installed as the Roman Catholic Church's 265th pope. AFP PHOTO THOMAS COEX
Germany's Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger holds a candle as he celebrates an Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, March 26, 2005. Ratzinger is standing in for John Paul II sparing the 84-year-old pope from the rigors of an hours-long meditation that lasts well into the night. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
