PHOTO FACT / The warning of Pope of Rome

POPE BENEDICT XVI GIVES THE TRADITIONAL URBI ET ORBI BLESSING (TO THE CITY OF ROME AND TO THE WORLD) BEFORE THE THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS IN THE SAINT PETER’S SQUARE IN ROME. HE NOTED THAT “THE HUMANITY IS PLUNGING INTO DARKNESS, LOSING ITS ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL,” CALLED FOR AN “END TO BLOODSHED IN SYRIA,” AND SPOKE ABOUT THE INSTABLE SITUATION IN NIGERIA AND MALI / REUTERS photo