Pope to appear in 2007 photo calendar

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- In a Vatican first, Pope Benedict XVI will appear in a photo calendar featuring shots of the pontiff in different poses for each month of the year.

The 79-year-old Catholic church leader will appear in 14 different poses for the 2007 calendar, to be distributed with Italy's Famiglia Cristiana weekly magazine Nov. 23, the ANSA news agency reported.

The photos were taken this summer by one of the Catholic magazine's top photographers, who was allowed to spend a day with Benedict at his lakeside residence at Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome.

The calendar will sell for five euros, or about $6.40, on top of Famiglia Cristiana's cover price.

"You'll see a new pope every month!" the weekly says.

Some of the sales proceeds will be donated to a school and orphanage the church runs in Rwanda.