benedictvm_xvi - Profile (original) (raw)

on 20 April 2005 (#6865812)

Greater Binghamton, New York, United States

Pope Benedict XVI, the former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany

Amamus Benedictum XVI!

Viva il Papa!

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