SANCTE PATER

Pope Benedict XVI speaks with Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed (L) during their meeting at the Vatican November 18, 2009.

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Pope Benedict XVI leads his Wednesday general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican November 18, 2009.

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Pope Benedict XVI stands with his secretary Monsignor Georg Ganswein (R) after a meeting with Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza at the Vatican November 17, 2009.

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Pope Benedict XVI (L) is greeted by an unidentified delegate while arriving at a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food security summit in Rome November 16, 2009.

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Pope Benedict XVI (L) blesses to faithful during the Angelus prayer from a window of his private apartment at the Vatican November 15, 2009.

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A gust of wind lifts the drape with the Vatican's symbol as Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his weekly Angelus prayer from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.

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