Pope Benedict XVI prays as he leads the Te Deum prayer in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Decemb.....
Pope Benedict XVI prays as he leads the Te Deum prayer in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 31, 2005. [Pope Benedict gave 2005 a bitter-sweet farewell on Saturday as he looked back at the year that saw him elected to lead the Catholic Church after the death in April of John Paul II.]