Pope Benedict XVI visits a church after his weekly Angelus prayer at his Alpine summer retreat of Bressanone, in northern Italy, on August 3,2008. The pontiff said, he hoped athletes taking part in the Olympic Games in Beijing would do so "in the true Olympic spirit". Addressing citizens Benedict said he hoped the Games would demonstrate that sport would "once again be a guarantee of fraternity and peace between different peoples". (AFP/Getty)
Pope Benedict XVI, left, greets the faithful as he arrives for the Angelus prayer in Bressanone where he is vacationing, near Bolzano, northern Italy, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. The pontiff sent Sunday his greetings to China before the Olympics and said he hopes the Games offer an example of coexistence between people from different places. Meeting the faithful Benedict said he will follow the Olympics with a sense of deep friendship and hopes the sports can represent "a pledge of brotherhood and peace among people." At right, Benedict's secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein. (AP Photo by ALBERTO PELLASCHIAR)
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BRIXEN, ITALY - AUGUST 03: Pope Benedict XVI holds Sunday Angelus on August 03, 2008 in Brixen, Italy. (Getty)
BRIXEN, ITALY - AUGUST 03: Pope Benedict XVI holds Sunday Angelus on August 03, 2008 in Brixen, Italy. (Getty)
BRIXEN, ITALY - AUGUST 03: Pope Benedict XVI (L) (besides his secretary Georg Gaenswein) waves to the people in front of Brixen Cathedral ahead of a sunday Angelus prayer on August 3, 2008 in Brixen, Italy. Pope Benedict spends his summer holidays during a fortnight at the Cusanus academy as his residence in Brixen. (Getty)
BRIXEN, ITALY - AUGUST 03: Pope Benedict XVI holds Sunday Angelus on August 03, 2008 in Brixen, Italy. (Getty)
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This photo released by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Friday, Aug.1 2008 shows Pope Benedict XVI flanked at left by his brother, Father Georg Ratzinger, and by his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein in Bressanone, near Bolzano, Italy, Thursday, July 31, 2008. The Pontiff is spending his Alpine vacation in this mountain resort of the Dolomites where he will remain until August 11. The 81-year-old pontiff has two scheduled appearances, on August 3 and August 10, to deliver the Sunday noon Angelus prayer. (AP)
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Pope Benedict XVI strolls in a garden with his brother Bishop Georg Ratzinger during his annual holiday in Bressanone, northern Italy July 31, 2008. (Reuters)
[I think he is thinking about a piano piece.]
Pope Benedict XVI watches at the Schutzer's performance as he arrives for his annual holidays in Bressanone, northern Italy July 28, 2008.
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Pope Benedict XVI (L) watches the Schutzer performance as he arrives for his annual holidays in Bressanone, northern Italy July 28, 2008. (Reuters)
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Bressanone, near Bolzano, Italy, Monday, July 28, 2008. The Pontiff begun his Alpine vacation in this mountain resort of the Dolomites where he will remain until August 11. The 81-year-old pontiff has two scheduled appearances, on August 3 and August 10, to deliver the Sunday noon Angelus prayer. (AP Photo by ANTONIO CALANNI)
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