Pope Benedict XVI waves to youths at the end of a rally at St Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York, on April 19, 2008. The pope will make a historic visit to the former site of the World Trade Center and celebrate Mass in Yankee Stadium before departing New York on April 20. AFP PHOTO/Vincenzo PINTO

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP US President George W. Bush(Center-R) and Catholic bishops looks on as Pope Benedict XVI blows out a candle on a birthday cake to celebrate his 81st birthday April 16, at the White House in Washington, DC. Benedict XVI became just the second pope to visit the White House and the first to come here in nearly three decades.

Pope Benedict XVI (C) hugs children at the drug rehabilitation centre "Farm of Hope", in Guaratingueta, 200 km from downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, 12 May 2007. Later on today, he is to recite the holy rosary and meet with religious men, women, seminarists and deacons at the Basilica of Aparecida, as he continues his five-day trip to Brazil as part of the Catholic Church's effort to extend its missionary reach in Latin America. AFP PHOTO/Evaristo SA

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope Benedict XVI inspects the so-called Benedict Column in front of his birth house in Marktl am Inn 11 September 2006, the third day of his visit to his native Bavaria region. Benedict is making his fourth foreign trip since becoming pope in April 2005 and the second to Germany in that time.

Pope Benedict XVI wearing a red hat blesses the faithfull during his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, 06 Septembre 2006. Pope Benedict XVI will begin, 09 Septembre 2006, a five-day spiritual pilgrimage to the Bavaria region of Germany where the former Joseph Ratzinger grew up and studied.

This combo picture shows (bottom) Pope John Paul II laying flowers 07 June 1979 at the grim wall in Auschwitz camp and (top) Pope Benedict XVI lighting a candle at the same place 28 May 2006. Pope Benedict XVI ended Sunday his pilgrimage to Poland with an emotional and significant visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest death camp set up by the Nazis on Polish territory.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd at Blonie Park, 27 May 2006 in Krakow. The Pontiff arrived 25 May in Warsaw on a four-day visit to Poland that will take him to key places in the life and papacy of his predecessor, John Paul II, as well as to the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Pope Benedict XVI delivers the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" message from the loggia of Saint Peter's basilica at the Vatican, 16 April 2006, after celebrating the first Easter of his pontificate. Tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, in St Peter's Square.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope Benedict XVI visits the tomb of the late Pope John Paul II in the grotto beneath St. Peter's Basilica after a meeting with young Catholics, in preparation of the XXI World Youth Day at the Vatican 06 April 2006.

**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)

** RECROP ** Pope Benedict XVI kisses a child as he greets the faithful during the weekly open-air general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. During his address, Benedict XVI said he felt close to AIDS victims and their families as he encouraged efforts by the church to combat the disease and to offer help to the sick. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)

** RECROP OF VAT105 ** Pope Benedict XVI looks at a child during the weekly open-air general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005. During his address, Benedict XVI said he felt close to AIDS victims and their families as he encouraged efforts by the church to combat the disease and to offer help to the sick. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Tuaregs during Frenchman Charles de Foucauld and two italian religious figures, Maria Pia Mastena and Maria Crocifissa Curcio beatification ceremony in Saint-Peter's square in the Vatican 13 November 2005. French priest was praised by the late Pope John Paul II for his work towards dialogue with Muslims. In 1905, he went to live in southern Algeria among the nomadic Tuareg tribes people until he was killed by rebels in 1916. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO

A combo of four pictures shows Pope Benedict XVI wiping his face while celebrating vespers with young priests at their seminar in the Pantaleon cloister in Cologne, western Germany, Friday, Aug 19, 2005. Pope Benedict XVI on Friday became the second Pope to visit a synagogue, stopping to pray and remember Holocaust victims with Cologne's Jewish community.(AP Photo/Kai Pfaffenbach, pool)

The combo shows Pope Benedict XVI as he arrives while wind blows his gown at the airport in Cologne, western Germany, Thursday 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/Frank Augstein)

Combo shows Pope Benedict XVI during his arrival at the airport in Cologne, western Germany, on Thursday, 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/Eckehard Schulz)

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PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This handout image received from TIME 24 April, 2005 shows the cover of the 02 May issue of the magazine featuring Pope Benedict XVI. In a ceremony replete with solemnity and joy, Pope Benedict XVI 24 April accepted the Fisherman's Ring and woollen pallium symbolizing his leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. Before 350,000 pilgrims and tens of millions of television viewers around the world, he sat in a great white chair with gold trim below a colorful tapestry of the Biblical miracle of the fish that hung from the balcony where his election was proclaimed last Tuesday

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Pope Benedict XVI blesses pilgrims 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 A German flag is seen as 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. AFP PHOTO MARIO LAPORTA