Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, addresses members of the Roman Curia during the closing day of a spiritual retreat with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Feb. 23. During the meeting the pope thanked members of the Curia “for these eight years during which you have helped me carry the burden of the Petrine ministry with great competence, affection, love and faith.” (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters) (Feb. 25, 2013) See POPE-RETREAT Feb. 25, 2013.