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天主教教宗

羅馬主教，同時為普世天主教會領袖與梵蒂岡城國元首，傳統上被認為是聖伯多祿宗徒之位的後繼者。

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耶穌受難日教宗心繫中東遇難者

Pope Francis greets foreign diplomats during an audience with the diplomatic corps at the Vatican March 22, 2013. Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam and appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty and protect the environment. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)

Pope Francis greets foreign diplomats during an audience with the diplomatic corps at the Vatican March 22, 2013. Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam and appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty and protect the environment. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)

天主教宗希望加強各宗教派別間對話

天主教教宗方濟各正式接任就職

Pope Francis takes part in his inaugural mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 19, 2013. Pope Francis celebrates his inaugural mass on Tuesday among political and religious leaders from around the world and amid a wave of hope for a renewal of the scandal-plagued Roman Catholic Church. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)

Pope Francis takes part in his inaugural mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 19, 2013. Pope Francis celebrates his inaugural mass on Tuesday among political and religious leaders from around the world and amid a wave of hope for a renewal of the scandal-plagued Roman Catholic Church. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)

新教宗就職禮：歡迎任何人

出身阿根廷的新教宗未來在處理與中國關係方面將困難重重。

新教皇呼籲民眾持悲憫之心

Papst Franziskus spricht in der großen Audienzhalle im Vatikan zur Internationalen Presse, drei Tage nach seiner Wahl. Links: Erzbischof Georg Gänswein, Präfekt des päpstlichen Hauses. Aufgenommen am 16.03.2013, Vatikan. Foto: Bernd Riegert

Papst Franziskus spricht in der großen Audienzhalle im Vatikan zur Internationalen Presse, drei Tage nach seiner Wahl. Links: Erzbischof Georg Gänswein, Präfekt des päpstlichen Hauses. Aufgenommen am 16.03.2013, Vatikan. Foto: Bernd Riegert

教皇方濟各舉行首次記者招待會

迄今新教皇很少面對媒體，今後是否有變化引起猜測。

馬英九首度出訪梵蒂岡

新教皇方濟各19日舉行就職彌撒，台灣總統馬英九將出席。

新教皇下周六拜訪本篤十六世

Papst Franziskus am Tag nach der Papstwahl in Santa Maria Maggiore

Papst Franziskus am Tag nach der Papstwahl in Santa Maria Maggiore

歷史上首位阿根廷教皇

歷史上首位阿根廷教皇

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

新教皇會見全體樞機主教

Newly elected Pope Francis I, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, in a photograph released by Osservatore Romano at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Wednesday, signaling that Roman Catholic cardinals had elected a pope to succeed Benedict XVI. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano / Eingestellt von wa

Newly elected Pope Francis I, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, in a photograph released by Osservatore Romano at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Wednesday, signaling that Roman Catholic cardinals had elected a pope to succeed Benedict XVI. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano / Eingestellt von wa

中國也向新教皇提條件

Newly elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina 's cape blows in the wind as he leaves the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome, March 14, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)

Newly elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina 's cape blows in the wind as he leaves the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome, March 14, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)

上帝真正的助手

阿根廷人、布宜諾斯艾利斯大主教貝爾格裡奧於周三晚間當選羅馬天主教新一任教皇。

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

首位拉美大主教當選教皇

阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯大主教貝爾格裡奧當選羅馬天主教皇。76歲的方濟一世成為第266任教皇。

Faithful cheer as white smoke rises from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, indicating a new pope has been elected at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Wednesday, signaling that Roman Catholic cardinals had ended their conclave and elected a pope to succeed Benedict XVI. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

Faithful cheer as white smoke rises from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, indicating a new pope has been elected at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Wednesday, signaling that Roman Catholic cardinals had ended their conclave and elected a pope to succeed Benedict XVI. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

德國總理祝賀新教皇當選

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

阿根廷紅衣主教當選新教皇

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of the Vespers mass to celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside The Walls in Rome, in this June 28, 2010 file picture. To match Special Report POPE-SUCCESSION/CHALLENGES REUTERS/Tony Gentile/Files (ITALY - Tags: RELIGION)

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of the Vespers mass to celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside The Walls in Rome, in this June 28, 2010 file picture. To match Special Report POPE-SUCCESSION/CHALLENGES REUTERS/Tony Gentile/Files (ITALY - Tags: RELIGION)

新任教皇的「中國挑戰」

新一任教皇面臨的巨大挑戰之一是：和中國打交道。

Konklave sucht Papst

Jeden Tag wird jetzt vier Mal gewählt. Die Kardinäle haben keinen klaren Favoriten.

Black smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City indicating that no decision has been made after the first day of voting for the election of a new pope, March 12, 2013. Roman Catholic Cardinals started a conclave on Tuesday to elect a successor to Pope Benedict, who abdicated last month. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Black smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City indicating that no decision has been made after the first day of voting for the election of a new pope, March 12, 2013. Roman Catholic Cardinals started a conclave on Tuesday to elect a successor to Pope Benedict, who abdicated last month. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

教皇選舉進入第二天

Black smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City indicating that no decision has been made after the first day of voting for the election of a new pope, March 12, 2013. Roman Catholic Cardinals started a conclave on Tuesday to elect a successor to Pope Benedict, who abdicated last month. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Black smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City indicating that no decision has been made after the first day of voting for the election of a new pope, March 12, 2013. Roman Catholic Cardinals started a conclave on Tuesday to elect a successor to Pope Benedict, who abdicated last month. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

新教皇選舉首輪投票冒黑煙

The Sistine Chapel is seen prepared with tables where cardinals will sit when the conclave begins, in a picture released by Osservatore Romano at the Vatican March 12, 2013. Roman Catholic cardinals will start a conclave on Tuesday to elect a successor to Pope Benedict, who abdicated last month. REUTERS/ (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS.

The Sistine Chapel is seen prepared with tables where cardinals will sit when the conclave begins, in a picture released by Osservatore Romano at the Vatican March 12, 2013. Roman Catholic cardinals will start a conclave on Tuesday to elect a successor to Pope Benedict, who abdicated last month. REUTERS/ (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS.

新教皇選舉會議今天開始舉行

教皇選舉下周二開始

Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria walks in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 4, 2013. Preparations for electing Roman Catholicism's new leader begin in earnest on Monday as the College of Cardinals opens daily talks to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might fit it. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria walks in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 4, 2013. Preparations for electing Roman Catholicism's new leader begin in earnest on Monday as the College of Cardinals opens daily talks to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might fit it. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

教皇選舉會議起始日期可能周三決定

VATICAN, VATICAN CITY STATE: Recent picture dated, 08 April 2005 during Pope John Paul II's funerals in St Peter's square at the Vatican of Slovak Cardinal Jozef Tomko (L) and Philippines' Cardinal Jaime Sin (R). Cardinals will start their conclave to elect a new Pope in the frescoed Sistine Chapel on April 18 and will vote twice a day thereafter until one candidate has reached a majority of two thirds plus one. Others in background are unidentified. AFP PHOTO / Patrick HERTZOG (Photo credit should read PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images)

VATICAN, VATICAN CITY STATE: Recent picture dated, 08 April 2005 during Pope John Paul II's funerals in St Peter's square at the Vatican of Slovak Cardinal Jozef Tomko (L) and Philippines' Cardinal Jaime Sin (R). Cardinals will start their conclave to elect a new Pope in the frescoed Sistine Chapel on April 18 and will vote twice a day thereafter until one candidate has reached a majority of two thirds plus one. Others in background are unidentified. AFP PHOTO / Patrick HERTZOG (Photo credit should read PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images)

梵蒂岡選舉新教皇準備工作正式啟動

Pope Benedict XVI leaves as he appears for the last time at the balcony of his summer residence in Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Max Rossi (ITALY - Tags: RELIGION)

Pope Benedict XVI leaves as he appears for the last time at the balcony of his summer residence in Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Max Rossi (ITALY - Tags: RELIGION)

退休的教皇將怎樣生活？

本篤十六世已經完成了最後一天的工作。羅馬教廷虛席以待新教皇的產生。

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - FEBRUARY 28: Pope Benedict XVI attends a meeting with his cardinals during a farewell ceremony in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI will acquire the title 'Pope Emeritus' as he retires the pontificate today, and will travel to a papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano / Vatican Pool via Getty Images)

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - FEBRUARY 28: Pope Benedict XVI attends a meeting with his cardinals during a farewell ceremony in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on February 28, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI will acquire the title 'Pope Emeritus' as he retires the pontificate today, and will travel to a papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano / Vatican Pool via Getty Images)

樞機主教會議下周一舉行

ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: People crowd the gallery on top of St Peter's Basilica as a helicopter carrying Pope Benedict XVI passes by on its way out of Vatican City on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Pontiff is flying to Castel Gandolfo where he will cease to be Pope at 8:00pm local time. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: People crowd the gallery on top of St Peter's Basilica as a helicopter carrying Pope Benedict XVI passes by on its way out of Vatican City on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Pontiff is flying to Castel Gandolfo where he will cease to be Pope at 8:00pm local time. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

教皇本篤十六世告別梵蒂岡

Pope Benedict XVI delivers a speech during his last weekly audience on February 27, 2013 at St Peter's square at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI will hold the last audience of his pontificate in St Peter's Square on Wednesday on the eve of his historic resignation as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS,GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI delivers a speech during his last weekly audience on February 27, 2013 at St Peter's square at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI will hold the last audience of his pontificate in St Peter's Square on Wednesday on the eve of his historic resignation as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS,GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

羅馬天主教皇舉行盛大卸任儀式

ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 26: A couple watch as rain clouds gather near St Peter's Basilica on February 26, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Pontiff will hold his last weekly public audience on February 27, 2013 before he retires the following day. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He cites ailing health as his reason for retirement and will spend the rest of his life in solitude away from public engagements (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 26: A couple watch as rain clouds gather near St Peter's Basilica on February 26, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Pontiff will hold his last weekly public audience on February 27, 2013 before he retires the following day. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He cites ailing health as his reason for retirement and will spend the rest of his life in solitude away from public engagements (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

德國朝聖者告別教皇

不少德國天主教徒趕往羅馬，參加他最後一次接見信徒的公開活動

教皇與中國天主教徒

天主教羅馬教皇本篤十六世預定本周四正式退位。這位來自德國的教皇在其8年任期內曾對中國天主教會和教徒的命運表達過特殊的關注。德語媒體指出，鑑於特殊國情，中國天主教徒深受中共和梵蒂岡衝突之累。

Fotografen warten auf dem Petersplatz auf Bewegung im Apostolischen Palast. Alle Augen auf den Papst, der am 28.02.2013 sein Amt aufgibt. Die Reuters-Fotografen benutzen extralange Teleobjektive. Symbolbild Wartende Presse. *** Aufgenommen 24.02.2013 Peterplatz, Vatikan, Rom, Italien. Foto: Bernd Riegert

Fotografen warten auf dem Petersplatz auf Bewegung im Apostolischen Palast. Alle Augen auf den Papst, der am 28.02.2013 sein Amt aufgibt. Die Reuters-Fotografen benutzen extralange Teleobjektive. Symbolbild Wartende Presse. *** Aufgenommen 24.02.2013 Peterplatz, Vatikan, Rom, Italien. Foto: Bernd Riegert

教皇最後一次主持星期天禱告

People are gathered in St Peter's square as Pope Benedict XVI leads his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican February 17, 2013. Pope Benedict, speaking before a larger than usual crowd at his penultimate Sunday address, asked the faithful to pray for him and for the next pope. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

People are gathered in St Peter's square as Pope Benedict XVI leads his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican February 17, 2013. Pope Benedict, speaking before a larger than usual crowd at his penultimate Sunday address, asked the faithful to pray for him and for the next pope. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

數萬人湧入羅馬參與天主教皇禱告

Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi arrives to meet the media during a press conference, at the Vatican, Friday Feb. 15, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI has signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy, approving a German lawyer to head the Vatican's embattled bank. Ernst Von Freyberg has solid financial and Catholic credentials as a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an ancient chivalrous order drawn from European nobility. The Vatican said Von Freyberg had been appointed by the bank's commission of cardinals and that the pope had "expressed his full consent." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi arrives to meet the media during a press conference, at the Vatican, Friday Feb. 15, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI has signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy, approving a German lawyer to head the Vatican's embattled bank. Ernst Von Freyberg has solid financial and Catholic credentials as a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an ancient chivalrous order drawn from European nobility. The Vatican said Von Freyberg had been appointed by the bank's commission of cardinals and that the pope had "expressed his full consent." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

選舉新教皇可能提前進行

GettyImages 161479608 This combo made with twelve file picture on February 11, 2013 shows Cardinals likely to succeed to Pope Benedict XVI who announced today he will step down at the end of this month after an eight-year pontificate. Top row from left : Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodrigues Maradiaga, Argentine Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Brazilian Joao Braz de Aviz, and Philippines' Luis Antonio Tagle. Bottom row from left : Austrian Cristoph Schonborn, Hungarian Peter Erdoe, Italian Angelo Scola, Canadian Marc Ouellet, Nigerian Francis Arinze, and Nigerian John Onaiyekan. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read DESK/AFP/Getty Images)

GettyImages 161479608 This combo made with twelve file picture on February 11, 2013 shows Cardinals likely to succeed to Pope Benedict XVI who announced today he will step down at the end of this month after an eight-year pontificate. Top row from left : Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodrigues Maradiaga, Argentine Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Brazilian Joao Braz de Aviz, and Philippines' Luis Antonio Tagle. Bottom row from left : Austrian Cristoph Schonborn, Hungarian Peter Erdoe, Italian Angelo Scola, Canadian Marc Ouellet, Nigerian Francis Arinze, and Nigerian John Onaiyekan. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read DESK/AFP/Getty Images)

誰可能是下一任教皇？

教皇本篤十六世突然宣佈退位引發媒體和觀察家有關其繼任的熱論和猜測。

Pope Benedict XVI attends a consistory at the Vatican February 11, 2013, in this picture provided by Osservatore Romano. Pope Benedict said on Monday he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfil the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION) / Eingestellt von wa

Pope Benedict XVI attends a consistory at the Vatican February 11, 2013, in this picture provided by Osservatore Romano. Pope Benedict said on Monday he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfil the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION) / Eingestellt von wa

以色列各界人士對教皇表敬意

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 22: Pope Benedict XVI gives a historic speech at the Bundestag on September 22, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. This was the first occasion ever that a Pope has addressed the Bundestag in person. Pope Benedict, who is German, is in Berlin on the first of a four-day visit to Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 22: Pope Benedict XVI gives a historic speech at the Bundestag on September 22, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. This was the first occasion ever that a Pope has addressed the Bundestag in person. Pope Benedict, who is German, is in Berlin on the first of a four-day visit to Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

教皇宣佈退位

羅馬天主教皇本篤十六世周一宣佈將於本月28日退位

Vatican spokeman Federico Lombardi answers to journalists questions as he gives a press conference at the Vatican on August 13, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI's former butler and another Vatican employee must stand trial for stealing and leaking confidential papers in a scandal that exposed feuds within the Church, a magistrate said Monday. Paolo Gabriele, who was arrested in May on suspicion of stealing secret documents from the pope's office and leaking them to journalists, is accused of "aggravated theft," a statement said. Also charged Claudio Sciarpelletti, an analyst and computer programmer in the Vatican state secretariat, whose name had not been disclosed before, with complicity. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/GettyImages)

Vatican spokeman Federico Lombardi answers to journalists questions as he gives a press conference at the Vatican on August 13, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI's former butler and another Vatican employee must stand trial for stealing and leaking confidential papers in a scandal that exposed feuds within the Church, a magistrate said Monday. Paolo Gabriele, who was arrested in May on suspicion of stealing secret documents from the pope's office and leaking them to journalists, is accused of "aggravated theft," a statement said. Also charged Claudio Sciarpelletti, an analyst and computer programmer in the Vatican state secretariat, whose name had not been disclosed before, with complicity. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/GettyImages)

梵蒂岡發言人:復活節前將選出新教皇

教皇本篤十六世將退位

Pope Benedict XVI walks past the baby Jesus statue as he leads the Christmas night mass in the Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 24, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

Pope Benedict XVI walks past the baby Jesus statue as he leads the Christmas night mass in the Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 24, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

梵蒂岡發言人為教皇有關中國言辭辯護

Pope Benedict XVI walks past the baby Jesus statue as he leads the Christmas night mass in the Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 24, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

Pope Benedict XVI walks past the baby Jesus statue as he leads the Christmas night mass in the Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 24, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

教皇與教徒同慶聖誕夜

賓士打造全新教皇御駕

安全沉穩，適合年長者，而且是「德國製造」：教皇新車仍是賓士。

Pope Benedict XVI prays during a consistory mass in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

Pope Benedict XVI prays during a consistory mass in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 24, 2012. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

天主教皇開設中文YouTube頻道無人問津

塔瓦德洛斯當選科普特派教皇

A Chinese priest performs mass at Beijing's northern cathedral in China Monday May 8, 2006. China's official Roman Catholic church named a new bishop _ reportedly with papal endorsement _ as Beijing rejected Vatican criticism of the unauthorized ordination of two other bishops. China's Catholics were forced to cut ties to the Vatican after the 1949 communist revolution. But the Holy See and China's church communicate informally and most Chinese bishops have received papal endorsement. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

A Chinese priest performs mass at Beijing's northern cathedral in China Monday May 8, 2006. China's official Roman Catholic church named a new bishop _ reportedly with papal endorsement _ as Beijing rejected Vatican criticism of the unauthorized ordination of two other bishops. China's Catholics were forced to cut ties to the Vatican after the 1949 communist revolution. But the Holy See and China's church communicate informally and most Chinese bishops have received papal endorsement. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

梵蒂岡批評中國國內加強壓制天主教徒

教皇本篤十六世將向敘利亞派遣特派團

eFILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's square at the Vatican for a general audience as his butler Paolo Gabriele, bottom, and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein sit in the car with him. A Vatican judge on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, ordered the pope's butler and a fellow lay employee to stand trial for allegedly pilfering documents from Pope Benedict XVI's private apartment, a scandal that embarrassed the Vatican and exposed infighting and alleged corruption at the highest level. The indictment accused Paolo Gabriele, the butler arrested at the Vatican in May, of grand theft, a charge that carries one to six years in jail on conviction if the pope does not choose to pardon his once-trusted aide. (Foto:Alessandra Tarantino, File/AP/dapd)

eFILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's square at the Vatican for a general audience as his butler Paolo Gabriele, bottom, and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein sit in the car with him. A Vatican judge on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, ordered the pope's butler and a fellow lay employee to stand trial for allegedly pilfering documents from Pope Benedict XVI's private apartment, a scandal that embarrassed the Vatican and exposed infighting and alleged corruption at the highest level. The indictment accused Paolo Gabriele, the butler arrested at the Vatican in May, of grand theft, a charge that carries one to six years in jail on conviction if the pope does not choose to pardon his once-trusted aide. (Foto:Alessandra Tarantino, File/AP/dapd)

梵蒂岡教皇侍從洩密案開審

Pope Benedict XVI attends an open-air mass in Beirut's waterfront on September 16, 2012, on the final day of his visit to Lebanon. Pope prayed that leaders in the Middle East work toward peace and reconciliation, in his homily at an open-air mass where an estimated 350,000 people attend. AFP PHOTO/FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/GettyImages)

Pope Benedict XVI attends an open-air mass in Beirut's waterfront on September 16, 2012, on the final day of his visit to Lebanon. Pope prayed that leaders in the Middle East work toward peace and reconciliation, in his homily at an open-air mass where an estimated 350,000 people attend. AFP PHOTO/FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/GettyImages)

教皇本篤十六世在貝魯特主持盛大彌撒

Pope Benedict XVI prays while holding a candle light as he arrives to lead a vigil mass during Easter celebrations at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican April 7, 2012. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

Pope Benedict XVI prays while holding a candle light as he arrives to lead a vigil mass during Easter celebrations at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican April 7, 2012. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)

教皇教宗呼籲宗教和諧

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives at Beirut's airport, September, 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: RELIGION)

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives at Beirut's airport, September, 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: RELIGION)

教皇訪問黎巴嫩

Pope Beneditct XVI greets the faithful during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. (Foto:Gregorio Borgia/AP/dapd)

Pope Beneditct XVI greets the faithful during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 25, 2012. (Foto:Gregorio Borgia/AP/dapd)

教皇呼籲實現中東和平

The Pope's butler Paolo Gabriele (bottom) arrives with Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square in Vatican, in this May 23, 2012 file photo. Pope Benedict's former butler, who was arrested two months ago in an investigation of leaks of documents alleging corruption in the Vatican, has written to the pontiff asking for forgiveness, his lawyer said on July 24, 2012. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION CRIME LAW)

The Pope's butler Paolo Gabriele (bottom) arrives with Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square in Vatican, in this May 23, 2012 file photo. Pope Benedict's former butler, who was arrested two months ago in an investigation of leaks of documents alleging corruption in the Vatican, has written to the pontiff asking for forgiveness, his lawyer said on July 24, 2012. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION CRIME LAW)

梵蒂岡起訴教皇前貼身侍從