(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges cheers from faithful and pilgrims from his window overlooking St. Peter's square at the Vatican Sunday, June 8, 2008, at the end of the Angelus prayer. In his speech the pope said he was praying for the miners who perished in a methane gas explosion at a Polish coal mine last week. The pope made his remarks in Polish. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges cheers from faithful and pilgrims during the weekly general audience inside the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges cheers from faithful and pilgrims during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican Wednesday, Oct.24, 2007. At right is the Pope's personal secretary Georg Genswein. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges cheers from faithful and pilgrims as he arrives in Vigevano, northern Italy, Saturday, April 21, 2007, to celebrate a mass. The pontiff is in Vigevano on the first of a two-day visit during which he will also visit the nearby town of Pavia. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges cheers from faithful and pilgrims as he arrives in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Saturday, March 10, 2007, to attend a general audience granted to students of the European Universities. At right is Cardinal Camillo Ruini. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges cheers from faithful and pilgrims as he arrives in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Saturday, March 10, 2007, to attend a general audience granted to students of the European Universities. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges cheers from faithful and pilgrims from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's square at the Vatican Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges cheers from faithful and pilgrims as he arrives in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican to celebrate God's mercy day Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
