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Pope Benedict XVI claps as Bavarian children in traditional garb dance in celebration of the pontiff's 85th birthday anniversary in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican on Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Pope celebrates a very Bavarian 85th birthday

By Daniela Petroff and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful after his "Urbi and Orbi" ("to the city and to the world") blessing following Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the the Vatican on Sunday, April 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Pope marks Easter with call for end to Syria violence

By Diaa Hadid and Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI, holding a tall, lit, white candle, enters a hushed and darkened St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Saturday, April 7, 2012, to begin the Vatican's Easter vigil service. Except for the twinkle of camera flashes, the basilica was almost pitch-black as the thousands of faithful in pews awaited Benedict's arrival Saturday night. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Pope holds Easter candle at basilica vigil

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI, wearing a Mexican sombrero, waves from the popemobile as he arrives to celebrate Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico, on Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Pope celebrates Mass for Mexicans looking for hope

By Michael Weissenstein and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pilgrims joyously await Pope Benedict XVI's arrival Sunday to celebrate Mass in Silao, Mexico. "We pray for him to help us, that there be no more violence in the country," said one participant, Lorena Diaz.

Pope buoys the hopes of Mexicans

By Michael Weissenstein and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to preside over a consistory in St. Peter's basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. He is bringing 22 new Catholic churchmen into the elite club of cardinals who will elect his successor amid signs the 84-year-old pontiff is slowing down. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

22 cardinals join club to elect pope’s successor

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Shhh: Pope urges silence to communicate better

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Shhh: Pope urges silence to communicate better

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

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By Wire dispatches and staff reports

Pope Benedict XVI spent more than an hour Sunday at Rome's Rebibbia prison meeting with detainees and calling for greater dignity for inmates everywhere. (L'Osservatore Romano via Associated Press)

Briefly: Europe

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Pope illuminates big Christmas ‘tree’ via Tablet

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI (AP Photo/Miro Kuzmanovic, Pool)

Pope: Sex abuse ‘scourge’ for all society

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI stands with Benin's President Yayi Boni during an airport welcome ceremony in Cotonou, Benin Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Pope to African leaders: Do not deprive people

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Pope in western Africa to outline church’s future

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Douglas Williams, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Pope Benedict XVI and Rabbi David Rosen look on as a person holds a dove prior to releasing it during a peace meeting in front of the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, central Italy, on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Leaders at interfaith summit join pope in prayer for peace

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Correction: People-Sarandon-Pope story

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pope Benedict XVI leaves St. Peter's Basilica on a mobile platform at the end of a Mass at the Vatican on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Aging pope uses wheeled platform in St. Peter’s

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Briefly: Europe

By wire dispatches and staff reports

A man prays amid a gathering of about 100,000 faithful during the pope's Mass in Freiburg, Germany. The pope Sunday ended his first state visit to his homeland.

Pope’s visit to German homeland evokes range of emotions

By Nurhan Kocaoglu - Special to The Washington Times

Pope warns Germans not to ignore religion

By Victor L. Simpson - Associated Press