Pope Benedict XVI

Seminary students celebrate after white smoke appears above Sistine Chapel. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Nuns watch the crowd below celebrate the announcement that a new pope has been chosen. (Filippo Monteforte / Getty Images)
A crowd gathers at St. Peter’s Square to see the new Pope Benedict XVI make his first appearance on the Basilica’s main balcony. (Mario LaPorta / Getty Images)
In Marktl am Inn, Germany, the birthplace of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, residents decorate a photo of the new pope in front of his childhood home. (Joerg Koch / Getty Images)