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Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone takes off his skull cap after he delivered a speech to Pope Benedict XVI at t Tribune file photo Thomas S. Monson (center) is flanked by Henry B. Eyring, first counselor, (left) and Dieter F. Uchtdorf, secon Ezra Taft Benson largely retired from public view in his final years as LDS Church president. His counselors in the faith's govern Tribune file photo LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley talks with Thomas S. Monson after delivering a conference speech in 20 Tribune file photo Henry B. Eyring, President Thomas S. Monson and Dieter F. Uchtdorf share a few words before the start of the s Tribune file photo LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson contemplates the casket of his friend and predecessor, President Gordon B Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses Tibetan exiles living in Bangalore, in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Former LDS Church President Joseph Fielding Smith, shown here in April 1972, largely retired from public view in his final months Tribune file photo Spencer W. Kimball, right, then president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, presides over a s David O. McKay grew feeble in his final years as LDS Church president, prompting his couneslors in the faith's governing First Pre Ashwini Bhatia | The Associated Press Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama looks on during the commemoration of the anniversary The Dalai Lama speaks during a symposium on The Rise of Democracy in the Middle East as part of the Common Ground for Peace two-da Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful at the end of the Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, is greeted by a Thai Buddhist leader as he attends an all faith prayer meeting at t FILE - In in this Feb. 17, 2004, file photo, Pope John Paul II breaks into a long laugh at the Vatican. The pontiff was a globe-tr