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Vatican Defends Pope

   VOA News 04 April 2010
   Pope  Benedict  XVI,  next  to  cardinal  Angelo  Comastri,  holds his
   pastoral  staff during the Easter Urbi et Orbi (To the City and to the
   World)  blessing  from  the  balcony  of  St.  Peter's Basilica at the
   Vatican, 4 Apr 2010

Photo: AP

   Pope  Benedict  XVI,  next  to  cardinal  Angelo  Comastri,  holds his
   pastoral  staff during the Easter Urbi et Orbi (To the City and to the
   World)  blessing  from  the  balcony  of  St.  Peter's Basilica at the
   Vatican, 4 Apr 2010