In Photos: Pope Benedict XVI (44 images)

Pope Benedict XVI holds a mass and bestows the pallium on 44 new metropolitan archbishops at Saint Peter's Basilica during the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Vatican City on June 29, 2012. UPI/Stefano Spaziani

Pope Benedict XVI holds a mass and bestows the pallium on 44 new metropolitan archbishops at Saint Peter's Basilica during the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Vatican City on June 29, 2012. UPI/Stefano Spaziani

Pope Benedict XVI holds a mass and bestows the pallium on 44 new metropolitan archbishops at Saint Peter's Basilica during the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Vatican City on June 29, 2012. UPI/Stefano Spaziani

Pope Benedict XVI arrives at the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington on April 16, 2008. This is the Pope's first visit to the United States. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)

Prelate pay respect at the coffin of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica following his beatification in Vatican City on May 1, 2011. UPI/Stefano Spaziani

Pope Benedict XVI visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on May 12, 2009. On the second day of his holy land visit in Israel and the Palestinian territories, Benedict XVI is to visit Jewish and Muslim holy sites at the heart of the Middle East conflict. UPI/David Silverman/Pool