Outdressing the Pope

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, left, receives the new Lesotho ambassador to the Holy See, Makase Nyaphisi amongst other new ambassadors to the Holy See who gathered to present their credentials, at the Vatican, Thursday Dec. 14, 2006. Greeting Syria's new ambassador to the Holy See, the pontiff noted repeated papal appeals for cessation of violence in Lebanon, the Holy Land and in Iraq. (AP Photo / L'Osservatore Romano)