Pope Benedict XVI greets Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, during an audience with members of the Roman Curia in Clementine Hall at the Vatican Dec. 21. In his Christmas message to the curia, the pope said that false ideas of human nature threaten the basis of the family. (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella, pool) (Dec. 21, 2012) See POPE-CURIA Dec. 21, 2012.