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Pope Benedict XVI leads a Vespers prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a Vespers prayer in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Pope Benedict XVI (seated at center) listens as newly elevated Cardinal James Michael Harvey (second from left) of the United States delivers his speech during a Mass celebrated for the six new "princes" of the church in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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High ranking Roman Catholic prelates appear in St. Peter's Basilica, Sept. 29, 1963 as an "ocean" of mitres photographed slightly overhead during the solemn opening ceremony of the second session of the Economical Council, Sept. 29, 1963, in Vatican City. (AP Phooto)
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Firefighters look down at Italian businessman Marcello di Finizio, who is protesting economic cutbacks in Italy by climbing up the dome of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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** FILE ** In this Friday April 29, 2005, file photo, Tom Cruise, right, and Katie Holmes laugh as they stroll on Via della Conciliazione Boulevard near St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome. Holmes' attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday June 29, 2012, that the couple is divorcing, but called it a private matter for the family. (AP Photo/Corrado Giambalvo, File)
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a Pentecost Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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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)
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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)
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Pope Benedict XVI (seated) delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (Latin for "To the City and to the World") speech from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (Latin for "To the City and to the World") speech from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
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** 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)
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** FILE ** The Vatican, with St. Peter's Basilica in the center, is seen in a 2003 aerial view. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri, File)
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** FILE ** Pope Benedict XVI visits the Nativity scene after a New Year's Eve Vespers service at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in 2008.
