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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)

Pope holds Easter candle at basilica vigil

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI waves March 23, 2012, as he boards a plane at Rome's Fiumicino Airport to begin a six-day visit to Mexico and Cuba. (Associated Press)

Pope decries Mexico violence, urges change in Cuba

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

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

Pope to visit Cuba in the spring

By Anne-Marie Garcia - Associated Press

Pope backs Croatia’s European Union bid

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI

PRUDEN: Grits to enliven a diet of custard

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Pope lunches with poor, denounces church attacks

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI during the traditional exchange of Christmas greetings to the Curia, in the Regia Hall, at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Benedict XVI said Monday the Catholic Church must reflect on what is wrong with its message and Christian life in general that allowed for the widespread sexual abuse of children by priests. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, pool)

Pope: Church must reflect on what allowed abuse

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Vatican: Everyone can use condoms to prevent HIV

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Archbishop Donald Wuerl celebrates Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on Wednesday after he was named to the College of Cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI. (Associated Press)

D.C. archbishop named cardinal

By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to preside over a celebration of Catholic Education at St Mary's University College, in Twickenham, London, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Thousands of cheering Catholic schoolchildren feted Pope Benedict XVI with songs and gifts Friday on his second day in Britain, offering a boisterous welcome as the pontiff urged them to ignore the shallow temptations of today's "celebrity culture." (AP Photo/Ben Stansall, Pool)

6 arrested in suspected terror plot

By David Stringer and Victor L. Simpson - Associated Press

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict XVI leave the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, after a formal welcome Thursday, his first day of a four-day visit to the United Kingdom. The pope acknowledged that the Catholic Church failed to act quickly or decisively to deal with child molestations by priests.

In Scotland, Pope reiterates sex-abuse failures

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II talks with Pope Benedict XVI during an audience in the Morning Drawing Room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The Pope is on a four-day visit to Britian. (AP Photo David Cheskin/Pool)

Pope, in Britain, admits failures in abuse scandal

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press