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罗马主教，同时为普世天主教会领袖与梵蒂冈城国元首，传统上被认为是圣伯多禄宗徒之位的后继者。

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耶稣受难日教宗心系中东遇难者

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)

天主教宗希望加强各宗教派别间对话

天主教教宗方济各正式接任就职

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)

新教宗就职礼：欢迎任何人

出身阿根廷的新教宗未来在处理与中国关系方面将困难重重。

新教皇呼吁民众持悲悯之心

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

教皇方济各举行首次记者招待会

迄今新教皇很少面对媒体，今后是否有变化引起猜测。

马英九首度出访梵蒂冈

新教皇方济各19日举行就职弥撒，台湾总统马英九将出席。

新教皇下周六拜访本笃十六世

Papst Franziskus am Tag nach der Papstwahl in Santa Maria Maggiore

Papst Franziskus am Tag nach der Papstwahl in Santa Maria Maggiore

历史上首位阿根廷教皇

历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)

新教皇会见全体枢机主教

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

中国也向新教皇提条件

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、布宜诺斯艾利斯大主教贝尔格里奥于周三晚间当选罗马天主教新一任教皇。

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)

首位拉美大主教当选教皇

阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯大主教贝尔格里奥当选罗马天主教皇。76岁的方济一世成为第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)

德国总理祝贺新教皇当选

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)

阿根廷红衣主教当选新教皇

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“中国挑战”

新一任教皇面临的巨大挑战之一是：和中国打交道。

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)

教皇选举进入第二天

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)

新教皇选举首轮投票冒黑烟

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.

新教皇选举会议今天开始举行

教皇选举下周二开始

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)

教皇选举会议起始日期可能周三决定

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)

梵蒂冈选举新教皇准备工作正式启动

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)

退休的教皇将怎样生活？

本笃十六世已经完成了最后一天的工作。罗马教廷虚席以待新教皇的产生。

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)

枢机主教会议下周一举行

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)

教皇本笃十六世告别梵蒂冈

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)

罗马天主教皇举行盛大卸任仪式

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)

德国朝圣者告别教皇

不少德国天主教徒赶往罗马，参加他最后一次接见信徒的公开活动

教皇与中国天主教徒

天主教罗马教皇本笃十六世预定本周四正式退位。这位来自德国的教皇在其8年任期内曾对中国天主教会和教徒的命运表达过特殊的关注。德语媒体指出，鉴于特殊国情，中国天主教徒深受中共和梵蒂冈冲突之累。

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

教皇最后一次主持星期天祷告

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)

数万人涌入罗马参与天主教皇祷告

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)

选举新教皇可能提前进行

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)

谁可能是下一任教皇？

教皇本笃十六世突然宣布退位引发媒体和观察家有关其继任的热论和猜测。

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

以色列各界人士对教皇表敬意

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)

教皇宣布退位

罗马天主教皇本笃十六世周一宣布将于本月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)

梵蒂冈发言人:复活节前将选出新教皇

教皇本笃十六世将退位

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)

梵蒂冈发言人为教皇有关中国言辞辩护

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)

教皇与教徒同庆圣诞夜

奔驰打造全新教皇御驾

安全沉稳，适合年长者，而且是“德国制造”：教皇新车仍是奔驰。

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)

天主教皇开设中文YouTube频道无人问津

塔瓦德洛斯当选科普特派教皇

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)

梵蒂冈批评中国国内加强压制天主教徒

教皇本笃十六世将向叙利亚派遣特派团

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)

梵蒂冈教皇侍从泄密案开审

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)

教皇本笃十六世在贝鲁特主持盛大弥撒

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)

教皇教宗呼吁宗教和谐

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)

教皇访问黎巴嫩

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)

教皇呼吁实现中东和平

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)

梵蒂冈起诉教皇前贴身侍从