Pope Benedict XVI Resigns: What Is The Pope Going To Do With All Those Presents? (PICTURES)

Pope Benedict XVI Resigns: What Is The Pope Going To Do with All Those Presents? (PICTURES)
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Over the years Pope Benedict XVI has received more than his fair share of gifts from world leaders, including presents from Queen Elizabeth, Barack Obama, Tony Blair and even Silvio Berlusconi.

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Pope Benedict XVI receives a picture from US President George W. Bush in 2008.

There was a picture of George W Bush from George W Bush, a statue of Mother Theresa, footballs, books and paintings to name but a few. But now that the Pope has resigned, what is he going to do with all the presents?

Take a look below at all the gifts Pope Benedict XVI has been photographed receiving:

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Pope Meets With Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi(01 of124)
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VATICAN CITY - NOVEMBER 19: Pope Benedict XVI (R) recieves a gift from Italian Prime Minister Sivio Berlusconi during their meeting November 19, 2005 in Vatican City. This is the first meeting between the two since teh Pope's election. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli-Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift from Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) during their private audience at the Vatican 23 June 2007. Blair met with Pope Benedict XVI in a private audience at the Vatican, heightening speculation that the outgoing premier may convert to Catholicism. AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / POOL (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JULY 10: US President Barack Obama (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI in his library at the Vatican on July 10, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. Obama was meeting with The Pope for the first time as President following the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JULY 10: US President Barack Obama (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI in his library at the Vatican on July 10, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. Obama was meeting with The Pope for the first time as President following the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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US President George W. Bush(Center-R) and Catholic bishops looks on as Pope Benedict XVI blows out a candle on a birthday cake to celebrate his 81st birthday April 16, at the White House in Washington, DC. Benedict XVI became just the second pope to visit the White House and the first to come here in nearly three decades. AFP PHOTO/ POOL/ Osservatore Romano (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives a picture from US President George W. Bush during a tete-a-tete in the medieval St John's Tower in the Vatican Gardens on June 13, 2008. US President George W. Bush had a special audience with Pope Benedict XVI, who was returning the hospitality he enjoyed at the White House in April. AFP PHOTO / Filippo Monteforte (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) receives a gift by German-born Pope Benedict XVI as they met at the Chancellery in Berlin on September 22, 2011, the first day of the Pontiff's first state visit to his native Germany. The 84-year old pope, German born Joseph Ratzinger, has a packed program, with 18 sermons and speeches planned for his four-day trip to Berlin, Erfurt in the ex-German Democratic Republic and Freiburg. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI (Photo credit should read CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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German-born Pope Benedict XVI (R) receives a gift by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin on September 22, 2011, the first day of the Pontiff's first state visit to his native Germany. The 84-year old pope, German born Joseph Ratzinger, has a packed program, with 18 sermons and speeches planned for his four-day trip to Berlin, Erfurt in the ex-German Democratic Republic and Freiburg. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI (Photo credit should read CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) listens to Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan (R) as they exchange gifts during a private audience on December 12, 2011 at The Vatican. At center is an unidentified interpreter. AFP PHOTO / POOL / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift from Honduras President Porfirio Lobo Sosa (L) at the end of a private audience in his private library at the Vatican on October 13, 2011. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Cyprus' President Demetris Christofias exchange gifts during a private audience on October 25, 2012 in the pontif's private library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI / POOL (Photo credit should read MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Cyprus' President Demetris Christofias exchange gifts during a private audience on October 25, 2012 in the pontif's private library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI / POOL (Photo credit should read MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (C) exchanges gifts with Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic (L) during a private audience on October 29, 2012 in the pontif's library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAX ROSSI (Photo credit should read Max ROSSI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic (C) during a private audience on October 29, 2012 in the pontif's library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAX ROSSI (Photo credit should read Max ROSSI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchange gifts with the President of Benin Yayi Boni (not pictured) during a private audience on November 19, 2012 in the pontif's library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ETTORE FERRARI (Photo credit should read ETTORE FERRARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (C) exchange gifts with the President of Benin Yayi Boni (L) during a private audience on November 19, 2012 in the pontif's library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ETTORE FERRARI (Photo credit should read ETTORE FERRARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Meets Haitian President Michel Martelly(17 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - NOVEMBER 22: Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Haitian President Michel Martelly at his private library on November 22, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. President Martelly is concluding his European tour today. (Photo by Vatican Pool via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Meets With Lebanon President Michel Sleiman(18 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - NOVEMBER 23: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Lebanon President Michel Sleiman during a meeting at his private library on November 23, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. The meeting comes ahead of the nomination of a new Lebanese cardinal, a move considered by observers as a sign of Vatican support for religious diversity in Lebanon. (Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Vatican Pool via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (C) looks at gifts as thousands of participants to the 'Pilgrimage to Rome' festival - circus professionals, carnival people, street artists, madonnari (pavement artists), bands and folk groups - gathered in Aula Paolo VI (Paul VI Audience Hall) in the Vatican on December 1, 2012 for their audience with the pope. AFP PHOTO / POOL / OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORA ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Meets with German President Joachim Gauck(20 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 6: Pope Benedict XVI (2nd L) exchanges gifts with the German President Joachim Gauck (L) during a private audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace on December 6, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Giancarlo Giuliani-Vatican Pool via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Meets with German President Joachim Gauck(21 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 6: Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with the German President Joachim Gauck (L) during a private audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace on December 6, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Giancarlo Giuliani-Vatican Pool via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) and German President Joachim Gauck exchange gifts during a private audience on December 6, 2012 in the pontif's library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) and Pope Benedict XVI exchange gifts during a private audience on December 17, 2012 at the pontif's library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CLAUDIO PERI (Photo credit should read CLAUDIO PERI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (L) receives a gift during the European meeting of the ecumenical christian community of Taize, on December 29, 2012, in St.Peter's square at the Vatican. The Taize community, based in the eastern French village of Taize, was created in 1940 by Brother Roger, from Switzerland. The group draws tens of thousands of young people for prayer workshops held across the year at its base, and similar numbers at its annual gathering in a European city, traditionally held between Christmas and the New Year's eve. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) and German President Joachim Gauck exchange gifts during a private audience on December 6, 2012 in the pontif's library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Receives Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlene(26 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JANUARY 12: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and HSH Princess Charlene of Monaco during a private audience at his library on January 12, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO/OSSERVATORE ROMANO' French automaker Renault's President Carlos Ghosn (L) presents Renault electric car as a gift to Pope Benedict XVI in the Garden of the Vatican City on September 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO/ OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) echanges gifts with Macedonian President Filip Vujanovic during a private audience at The Vatican on June 21, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO/OSSERVATORE ROMANO' French automaker Renault's President Carlos Ghosn (R) shakes hands with Pope Benedict XVI next to new Renault electric car presented as gift to him in the Garden of the Vatican City on September 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO/ OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) shakes hands with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse after been presented with some gifts during a meeting at the Vatican on June 8, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Max Rossi (Photo credit should read Max ROSSI/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) and the Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski exchange gifts during a private audience at The Vatican on May 24, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla during a private audience at the Vatican on May 28, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / GREGORIO BORGIA (Photo credit should read GREGORIO BORGIA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 25: Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Necas at his private library on May 25, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Stefano Dal Pozzolo-Vatican Pool via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI meets Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti(34 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JANUARY 14: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti during a meeting at his private library on January 14, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. This is the first time the Pope has received the new Italian President. (Photo by Stefano Dal Pozzolo - Vatican Pool via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI meets Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti(35 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JANUARY 14: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti during a meeting at his private library on January 14, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. This is the first time the Pope has received the new Italian President. (Photo by Stefano Dal Pozzolo - Vatican Pool via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati (C) in an private audience at the Vatican on November 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Alessandro Bianchi (Photo credit should read ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - APRIL 16: Bavaria's Premier Horst Seehofer (L) presents Pope Benedict XVI with a gift during the Pontiff's 85th birthday celebrations in the Clementine Hall on April 16, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. the pope was joined by his brother and German bishops to celebrate the occations. (Photo by Alessia Giuliani-Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts on October 17, 2011 with Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbergdorj at the end of a private audience in his private library at Vatican. AFP PHOTO/POOL /MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI (Photo credit should read MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Visits Freiburg(39 of124)
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FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 24: Pope Benedict XVI (C) is presented a gift by Baden Wuerttemberg state governor Winfried Kretschmann (L) beside of the Pope's personal secretary Georg Gaenswein (R) on Muensterplatz square after visiting the Muenster cathedral on September 24, 2011 in Freiburg, Germany. The Pope is in Freiburg on the third of a four-day visit to Germany, and he will conclude his trip with an open air Sunday mass tomorrow near Freiburg. (Photo: Johannes Simon/ Getty Images) (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift during a mass at the Olympic stadium in Berlin on September 22, 2011, on the first day of his first state visit to his native Germany. The 84-year old pope, German born Joseph Ratzinger, has a packed program, with 18 sermons and speeches planned for his four-day trip to Berlin, Erfurt in the ex-German Democratic Republic and Freiburg. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift from a member of the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople during a private audience on June 28, 2011 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / HO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Meets With Latvian President Valdis Zatlers(42 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - APRIL 14: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with visiting President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers during a meeting at his private library on April 14, 2011 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI exchange gifts with Maria Jesus Figa Lopez-Palop, the new Spanish ambassador to the Holy See on April 16, 2011 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen as he arrives for a private audience at the Vatican on June 3, 2011. AFP PHOTO/POOL/ANDREW MEDICHINI (Photo credit should read ANDREW MEDICHINI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen as he arrives for a private audience at the Vatican on June 3, 2011. AFP PHOTO/POOL/ANDREW MEDICHINI (Photo credit should read ANDREW MEDICHINI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev(46 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - FEBRUARY 17: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at his private library on February 17, 2011 in Vatican City, Vatican. This is Medvedev's first meeting with the Pope and on the agenda are discussions on bilateral and religious ties and dialog between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. (Photo by Giancarlo Giuliani Vatican - Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) receives a gift from Rome's police chief Francesco Tagliente, during a private audience, at the Vatican, on January 21, 2011. AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORA ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) is presented a gift by Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski during a private audience at the Vatican on October 16, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PIER PAOLO CITO (Photo credit should read PIER PAOLO CITO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (2D-R) exchanges gifts with a daughter of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (C-back), as Orban's wife Aniko Levai (3D-R), and their children watch during a private audience at The Vatican on December 6, 2010. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives the gift of a miniature of the Madonna by a priest during a visit at Don Orione Centre on June 24, 2010 in Rome. AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI (Photo credit should read TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XI Meets Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero(51 of124)
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VATICAN CITY - JUNE 10: Pope Benedict XVI (C) exchanges gifts with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) during a metting at his library on June 10, 2010 in Vatican City, Vatican. The pope and prime minister discussed the current European financial situation and the role ethics plays in the crisis. (Photo by Mimmo Chianura-Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso (L) shows his gift to Pope Benedict XVI (C) on May 24, 2010 during a private audience in the pontiff's private library at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / GREGORIO BORGIA (Photo credit should read GREGORIO BORGIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives a hat as a gift from Italian Bersaglieri soldiers in Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican during his weekly general audience on September 15, 2010. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) receives a gift of a miniature of the Madonna by a priest during a visit at Don Orione Centre on June 24, 2010 in Rome. AFP PHOTO / HO/OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI exchange gifts with Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez (L) at the end of a private audience in the pontiff's private studio at the Vatican on May 21, 2010. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Bolivian President Evo Morales Meets Pope Benedict XVI(56 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 17: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with President of Bolivia Evo Morales during a meeting at the Vatican Library on May 17, 2010 in Vatican City, Vatican. President Morales claimed he wished to speak to the Pope about climate change. Bolivia has recently removed Catholicism as its official religion and has declared itself a secular state. (Photo by Giancarlo Giuliani - Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) and Swiss Confederation President Doris Leuthard exchange gifts during a private on May 6, 2010 at The Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Bolivia's President Evo Morales during a private audience in the pontiff's studio on May 17, 2010, at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ANDREW MEDICHINI (Photo credit should read ANDREW MEDICHINI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
The Pope Meets French President Nicolas Sarkozy(59 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - OCTOBER 08: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a meeting at his private library on October 8, 2010 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Archbishop James Harvey shows a gift to Pope Benedict XVI (C) and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy during a private audience on October 8, 2010 at The Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI Pays A State Visit To The UK - Day 1(61 of124)
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 16: Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Queen Elizabeth II during an audience in the Morning Drawing Room on day one of his four day state visit to the United Kingdom at Holyrood House on September 16, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Pope Benedict XVI is conducting the first state visit to the UK by a Pontiff. During the four day visit Pope Benedict will celebrate mass, conduct a prayer vigil as well as beatify Cardinal Newman at an open air mass in Cofton Park . His Holiness will meet The Queen as well as political and religious representatives. (Photo by David Cheskin - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Britain's Prince Philip (L) watches as his wife Queen Elizabeth talks with Pope Benedict XVI during an exchange of gifts in the Morning Drawing Room, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 16, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI urged all parties involved in Northern Ireland to work for a 'just and lasting peace' in his first speech of an historic state visit to Britain on Thursday. AFP PHOTO / DAVID CHESKIN / POOL (Photo credit should read DAVID CHESKIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Gifts from Pope Benedict XVI for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, are left at Lambeth Palace, in London, on September 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI later held joint prayers with Williams, the leader of world's Anglicans, in a symbolic act of unity on day two of a historic state visit to Britain. AFP PHOTO/CHRISA ISON/POOL (Photo credit should read CHRIS ISON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchange gifts with Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom (C) during a meeting in his private apartment at the Vatican March 26, 2010. The Vatican is engaging in a vigorous defence of Pope Benedict XVI after a new set of revelations emerged alleging he failed to act to stop a child-molesting US priest. AFP PHOTO / POOL / TONY GENTILE (Photo credit should read TONY GENTILE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Lutheran Jens-Martin Kruse (L) is presented with a gift by Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of Pontiff's visit to Rome's Lutheran church, on March 14, 2010. The Vatican fought attempts to link Pope Benedict XVI to child sex abuse in a counteroffensive on Saturday against widening paedophilia scandals. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Gregorio Borgia (Photo credit should read GREGORIO BORGIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XI Meets Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor(66 of124)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor at his library on March 13, 2010 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Eric Vandeville - Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor at his library on March 13, 2010 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Eric Vandeville - Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (L) looks at a gift in Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican during his weekly general audience on March 3, 2010 . Pope Benedict XVI will visit Spain on November 6 and 7, with stops in Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona, the Vatican said Wednesday.Santiago de Compostela, a key destination on a medieval pilgrimage route, is marking a jubilee year, or one in which Saint James's feast day, July 25, falls on a Sunday.In Barcelona, the pontiff will inaugurate modernist Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi's unfinished church, the Sagrada Familia, where part of the interior is scheduled to open to the public by September. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI looks at a gift offered by Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet (L) during their meeting in his private library at the Vatican on December 11, 2009. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 5: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with German President Horst Kohler during their meeting at his library on December 5, 2009 in Vatican City, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Dal Pozzolo - Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - DECEMBER 5: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with German President Horst Kohler during their meeting at his library on December 5, 2009 in Vatican City, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Dal Pozzolo - Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - NOVEMBER 30: Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with Peruvian President Alan Garcia Perez during a meeting at his private library on November 30, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. President Garcia is the last of eight world leaders meeting with Pope Benedict XVI this month. (Photo by Franco Origlia-Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria (R) and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchnerat (L) exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI (C) during their private audience at the Vatican on November 28, 2009. AFP PHOTO / POOL / OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria (R) and Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (L) exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI (C) during their private audience at the Vatican on November 28, 2009. The presidents of Chile and Argentina marked with Pope Benedict XVI the 25th anniversary of a peace treaty signed between the former dictators of their countries with papal mediation. The pope told Michelle Bachelet and Cristina Kirchner that the treaty, which averted a looming border war, showed that 'perseverance is always needed ... to resolve differences by means of patient negotiations and necessary compromise.' AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALESSIA PIERDOMENICO (Photo credit should read ALESSIA PIERDOMENICO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) points to a pyramid gift during an audience with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) during at The Vatican on November 6, 2009. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Iran's new ambassador to the Vatican, Ali Akbar Naseri (R) during their meeting at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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This handout picture released by The Vatican press office on November 18, 2009 shows Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanging gifts with Bengladesh Prime Minister Sheik Hasina during a private audience at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / HO RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - OCTOBER 10: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI in his library at the Vatican on October 10, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - OCTOBER 10: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI in his library at the Vatican on October 10, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chairman of the Czech senate Premysl Sobotka (R) and Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer (L) present a gift to Pope Benedict XVI in Prague on September 26, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI arrived for a three-day visit to the Czech Republic, shortly ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, the non-violent coup that toppled the communist regime in the former Czechoslovakia. AFP PHOTO /MICHAL CIZEK (Photo credit should read MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (C) is presented a gift of Australian wines by Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a private audience on July 9, 2009 at The Vatican. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PIER PAOLO CITO (Photo credit should read PIER PAOLO CITO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, ITALY - JULY 9: Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with South Korea President Lee Myung-bak (L) at his private library on July 9, 2009 in Vatican City. The South Korean President invited the Pope to visit South Korea. The last Papal visit was twenty years ago when Pope John Paul II visited in 1989. (Photo by Stefano Dal Pozzolo-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (L) receives a gift during his meeting with priests, religious and youth, at Renzo Piano church dedicated to Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo, in southern Italy in the Apulia region, on June 21, 2009. Born Francisco Forgione, at age 23 the friar was said to have permanent sores on his hands similar to the stigmata, or the wounds of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, according to Christian belief. Padre Pio has become a cult figure for millions around the world and the subject of controversy in Italy. AFP PHOTO/ Andreas SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, ITALY - JUNE 01: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko during their meeting at his private library on June 1, 2009 in Vatican City. (Photo by Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JERUSALEM - MAY 15: Pope Benedict XVI (L) presents a book as a gift to Patriarch Theophilos III (2nd R) while visiting the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem on May 15, 2009 in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. The Pope is also due to visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered as the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion and burial, during the final day of his eight-day pilgrimage to the Holy sites in Jordan, Israel and the West Bank. (Photo by Heidi Levine/Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Outgoing Salvador President Elias Antonio Saca (C)and his wife Ana Ligia Mixco Sol (L) exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI during a private audience on May 7, 2009 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / PIER PAOLO CITO / POOL (Photo credit should read PIER PAOLO CITO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Outgoing Salvador President Elias Antonio Saca (C)and his wife Ana Ligia Mixco Sol (L) exchange gifts with Pope Benedict XVI during a private audience on May 7, 2009 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / PIER PAOLO CITO / POOL (Photo credit should read PIER PAOLO CITO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fuad Twal (L) receives a gift from Pope Benedict XVI during an open-air mass at Amman's football stadium on May 10, 2009. On the final day of his Holy Land trip to Jordan, the pope celebrated mass at the stadium before visiting later in the day Bethany on the east bank of the River Jordan where Christians believe Jesus was baptised before travelling. AFP PHOTO/ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI exchange gifts with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa (L) in his private library at the Vatican on April 24, 2009. AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO FRANCESCO SFORZA / POOL (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO FRANCESCO SFO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) given a gift at the 'Christ-roi' church in Yaounde, e first stop of his 6-day visit to Africa on March 18, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI, who arrived yesterday in Cameroon for his first trip to Africa as pontiff, denounced condom use on the AIDS-ravaged continent, saying there were better ways to combat the disease. AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (L) receives a gift from members of a pygmy community in Yaounde, Cameroon, on the third day of his six day visit to Africa on March 20, 2009 before heading to Angola. The Pope urged Angola's oil-rich government to do more to fight poverty as he arrived today on the last stop of an African tour overshadowed by his rejection of condoms in AIDS prevention. 'Armed with integrity, magnanimity and compassion, you can transform this continent, freeing your people from the scourges of greed, violence and unrest,' the pope said in a nationally televised speech. AFP PHOTO / POOL / OBSEVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read obsevatore romano/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Sister Anne Derwin (R) presents a bronze statue depicting a nun to Pope Benedict XVI as a gift from the Sisters of St Joseph during his visit to the Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel in Sydney on July 17, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI hailed the Australian government's apology to Aborigines for past injustices as he took charge of Catholic World Youth Day celebrations. More than 200,000 pilgrims from around the world are in Sydney for the six-day event. AFP PHOTO / POOL (Photo credit should read reginato anthony/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives a model of Police helicopter as gift from an Italian policeman (L) prior to his departure from his Alpine summer retreat in Bressanone, northern Italy, on August 11, 2008 to return to Rome. Pope Benedict XVI appealed for 'the immediate end to military operations' in the conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia, and for renewed talks over the breakaway region. AFP PHOTO/Osservatore Romano/HO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (C) exchanges gift with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) during a private audience in Castelgandolfo, the Pope's summer residence 40 km south of Rome, on July 25, 2008. Maliki, told reporters after meeting that he had invited the Pontiff to visit Iraq and that they had discussed the plight of minority Christians in Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Osservatore Romano/ Francesco Sforza (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI exchange gifts with sister Anne Derwin (R), leader of the Congregational of Sisters of St. Joseph, in the Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel in Sydney on July 17, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI hailed the Australian government's apology to Aborigines for past injustices as he took charge of Catholic World Youth Day celebrations. The pope said also the World Youth Day 'fills me with confidence for the future of the church and the future of our world.' AFP PHOTO / POOL / Vincenzo Pinto (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila (L) presents a gift to Pope Benedict XVI during a private audience at the Vatican on June 19, 2008. AFP PHOTO / POOL / GIUSEPPE GIGLIA (Photo credit should read GIUSEPPE GIGLIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY - JUNE 13: Pope Benedict XVI (2nd R) and Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone (R) exchange gifts with U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd L) and first lady Laura Bush June 13, 2008 in Vatican City, the Vatican. Bush is skeduled to fly to Paris where he will speak at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (Photo by Giancarlo Giuliani-Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY - JUNE 13: Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchanges gifts with U.S. President George W. Bush (C) and first lady Laura Bush June 13, 2008 in Vatican City, the Vatican. Bush is skeduled to fly to Paris where he will speak at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (Photo by Giancarlo Giuliani-Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) during a private audience at the Vatican on June 6, 2008. A Vatican communique said after the meeting it described as 'cordial' that the two sides wanted to continue 'constructive collaboration' on the international stage. AFP PHOTO / Alessandro Bianchi (Photo credit should read ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) receves a gift after his Regina Coeli prayers in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on May 4, 2008. AFP PHOTO / Alessi Giulani (Photo credit should read ALESSIA GIULIANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (L) receives a gift from Rabbi Arthur Schneier (R) during a visit to the Park East Synagogue April 18, 2008 in New York. German-born Pope Benedict became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to visit a Jewish place of worship in the United States, walking side by side with a Holocaust survivor into the sanctuary of New York's Park East synagogue. AFP PHOTO / Vincenzo Pinto (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Masako Fukata, a Japanese Buddhist representative, gives Pope Benedict XVI a gift on April 17, 2008, during an inter-faith meeting at the John Paul II Cultural Center. AFP PHOTO/ Vincenzo Pinto (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift from China Keitetsi, 28, a former child soldier in the National Resistance Army (NRA) of Uganda, during his weekly audience at the Paul VI hall in the Vatican on February 6, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI appealed to the warring parties in Chad to lay down their weapons and seek 'dialogue and reconciliation.' AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI receives a portrait as gift at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican's Sala Nervi, 28 November 2007. The Pope expressed his 'spiritual closeness' to AIDS sufferers and their families ahead of World AIDS Day at the weekend. 'I am spiritually close to those who suffer from this terrible disease as well as their families, especially those who have lost a spouse. I assure them of my prayers,' the pope said after holding his weekly general audience. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) exchange gifts with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Vatican, 6 November 2007. Pope Benedict XVI, who riled Muslims over his comments on Islam and violence, met for the first time Tuesday with the monarch of Saudi Arabia, which has been pressed by the Vatican to allow freedom of worship for Christians. Abdullah's visit comes as relations between the Vatican and the Muslim world have eased since the crisis provoked in September 2006 when Benedict appeared to link Islam with violence in a speech at Regensburg University, Germany. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CHRIS HELGREN (Photo credit should read POOL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Lorenzago di Cadore, ITALY: Pope Benedict XVI (L) receives a gift from an unidentified boy during his Sunday Angelus at his summer residence in Lorenzago di Cadore 15 July 2007. The 80-year-old pontiff will remain on a private vacation until 27 July 2007. The pope's private Alpine vacation was described as a 'period of rest.' AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / POOL (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: Pope Benedict XVI holds a soccer ball received as a gift after his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, 13 June 2007. AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: US President George W. Bush (R) exchanges gifts with Pope Benedict XVI as they meet at the Vatican 09 June 2007. US President George W. Bush had his first private audience at the Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI as anti-war protesters gathered in Rome amid heavy security. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Plinio Lepri (Photo credit should read PLINIO LEPRI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: US President George W. Bush (L) exchanges gifts with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican 09 June 2007. US President George W. Bush had his first private audience at the Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI as anti-war protesters gathered in Rome amid heavy security. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ARTURO MARI / OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read ARTURO MARI / OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift from Andorra's head of government, Albert Pinat Santolaria, during a private meeting at the Vatican 30 April 2007. AFP PHOTO / ETTORE FERRARI / POOL (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY- APRIL 18: Pope Benedict XVI receives a cake as a gift for his 80th birthday and for the second anniversary of his Pontificate at the end of the weekly audience in St. Peter's Square , April 18 , 2007, in Vatican City. (Photo by Arturo Mari L'Osservatore Romano Vatican-Pool via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: Pope Benedict XVI receives a gift from Iranian vice president, Rahim Mashaee (R), during a private audience at the Vatican, 05 octobre 2006. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter to Pope Benedict XVI today through his Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, the Iranian mission to the Vatican told AFP. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ARTURO MARI / OSSERVATORE ROMANO (Photo credit should read ARTURO MARI / OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, ITALY - NOVEMBER 23: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at his private library on November 23, 2006, in Vatican City. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: Pope Benedict XVI looks at a gift presented by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (L) and his wife Clio during a private audience at the Vatican, 20 November 2006. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PLINIO LEPRI (Photo credit should read PLINIO LEPRI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: Pope Benedict XVI receives a statue of Mother Teresa as a gift from Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha during a meeting in the private library at the Vatican, 10 November 2005. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PATRICK HERTZOG (Photo credit should read PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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LES COMBES, ITALY - JULY 25: Pope Benedict XVI receives flowers as a gift from a girl during a walk near his summer residence July 25, 2006 in Les Combes, Val D'Aosta, Italy. During his Sunday Angelus the Pontiff called for an immediate cease-fire and the delivery of humanitarian aid to Lebanon which has been destroyed by war. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano Vatican Pool via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY, ITALY: Pope Benedict XVI receives gifts from the Captain Regent of the Republic of San Marino Claudio Muccioli (L), during a private audience at the Vatican, 11 March 2006. AFP PHOTO/POOL/ Plinio LEPRI (Photo credit should read PLINIO LEPRI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY - NOVEMBER 19: Pope Benedict XVI (R) recieves a gift from Italian Prime Minister Sivio Berlusconi during their meeting November 19, 2005 in Vatican City. This is the first meeting between the two since teh Pope's election. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli-Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY - NOVEMBER 10: Pope Benedict XVI receives a statue of Mother Teresa as a gift from Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha during a meeting at his private library November 10, 2005 in Vatican City. Prime Minister Berisha is on an official visit to the Vatican. (Photo by Alessia Giuliani-Vatican Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY - JULY 7: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic Bertie Ahern during a private audience in his private library July 7, 2005, in Vatican City. (Photo by Giancarlo Giuliani-Vatican Pool/ Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: Pope Benedict XVI recives a gift from the Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, during their private meeting in the Vatican apostolic palace 07 July 2005. Pope Benedict XVI condemned as 'inhuman' a series of attacks on the London transport network which left at least two people dead and scores injured, the Vatican said. AFP PHOTO / Arturo MARI / Osservatore Romano / POOL (Photo credit should read OSSERVATORE ROMANO ARTURO MARI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY - JULY 7: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic Bertie Ahern during a private audience in his private library July 7, 2005, in Vatican City. (Photo by Giancarlo Giuliani-Vatican Pool/ Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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VATICAN CITY - MAY 6: Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with African President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki in the papal library of the Apostolic Palace, May 6, 2005 in Vatican City. Mbeki, who is on a two-day visit to Italy, said he had no doubt the Roman Catholic Church would continue to prove to be a 'powerful ally' against racism. (Photo by Eric Vandeville/Vatican Pool/ Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: Pope Benedict XVI wears a firefighter helmet he received as a gift at the end of his weekly general audience on St-Peter's square at the Vatican, 15 June 2005. AFP PHOTO/ POOL / OSSERVATORE ROMANO ARTURO MARI (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)