Pope blesses huge crowd in St. Peter's Square Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:38 pm, Sunday, February 17, 2013 VATICAN CITY (AP) — His arms outstretched in a symbolic embrace, Pope Benedict XVI blessed tens of thousands of cheering people on Sunday in one of his last appearances as pontiff from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square. The noontime appointment in the vast cobblestone square also served as a kind of trial run for ... Read More