Benedict XVI Formally Installed as Pope Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims pack into St. Peter's Square to watch Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's formal installation as Pope Benedict XVI in a huge, open-air mass. The new pontiff offered a warm greeting to all non-Catholics and urged humanity to rediscover God to help transform the ills of the world.

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Benedict XVI Formally Installed as Pope

April 24, 200512:00 AM ET

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Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims pack into St. Peter's Square to watch Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's formal installation as Pope Benedict XVI in a huge, open-air mass. The new pontiff offered a warm greeting to all non-Catholics and urged humanity to rediscover God to help transform the ills of the world.

Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez of Chile kisses the ring of Pope Benedict XVI during the Pope's inaugural mass in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican, April 24, 2005. Reuters hide caption

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