** FILE ** Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became the new Pope at the Vatican Tuesday April 19, 2005, is seen blessing the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II, during the funeral mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Ratzinger will be Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

** FILE ** Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, left, who became the new Pope at the Vatican Tuesday April 19, 2005, is seen blessing the coffin containing the body of late Pope John Paul II, during the funeral mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this April 8, 2005 file photo. Ratzinger will be Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

** FILE ** Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, who became the new Pope at the Vatican Tuesday April 19, 2005, is seen blessing the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II, during the funeral mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. Ratzinger will be Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Kardynal Jozef Ratzinger przewodniczacy mszy przed konklawe - przed wyborem na papieza (FILES) This photo taken 18 April 2005 shows German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger presiding over the special "pro eligendo summo pontifice " (to elect Supreme Pontiff) mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. Ratzinger became the new pope taking the name of Benedict XVI.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger presides the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St Peter's Square at the Vatican City 08 April 2005. The world looked on Rome as leaders from more than 100 nations and a multitude of mourners gathered for the funeral Friday of Pope John Paul II, one of the most cherished pontiffs in history.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/LASKI Pogrzeb Jana Pawla II - uroczystosci pogrzebowe na placu Sw. Piotra FUNERAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL II'S - CEREMONY AT SAINT PETER'S SQUARE

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, center, blesses the wooden casket containing the body of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005, during the Pope's funerals.Tens of thousands of people jammed St. Peter's Square to say a final farewell to Pope John Paul II in the presence of kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers for a funeral capping one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger blesses the casket of Pope John Paul II during the funeral in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday April 8, 2005. The death of John Paul II has evoked a remarkable outpouring of affection from around the world and brought an estimated 4 million people to Rome in one of the largest religious gatherings in the West in modern times. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

** FILE ** Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, center, blesses the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II, during the funeral mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, in this April 8, 2005 file photo. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a longtime guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy, was elected the new pope Tuesday April 19, 2005 in the first conclave of the new millennium. He chose the name Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini/File)

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger blesses the coffin of Pope John Paul II during his funeral mass in St Peter's Square at the Vatican City 08 April 2005. The world looked on Rome as leaders from more than 100 nations and a multitude of mourners gathered for the funeral Friday of Pope John Paul II, one of the most cherished pontiffs in history.