6The Vatican: Swiss guards keep watch as pilgrims file past St Peter's basilica to pray at the coffin of the late pope John Paul II following his beatification Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

6/ 12梵蒂冈（The Vatican）：瑞士卫兵目送着宣福礼过后，为已故教皇约翰保罗二世棺木祈祷朝圣的人群从圣彼得大教堂前经过。

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At Vatican City on Friday night, Catholic worshippers packed pews inside St. Peter's Basilica to hear Pope Benedict XVI deliver Midnight Mass.

周五晚上，梵蒂冈城圣伯多禄大殿里的长凳上挤满了天主教徒，他们来此望教宗本笃十六世主持的子夜弥撒。

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However, Saint Peter's Basilica, which is located in Vatican, is the largest cathedral in the world.

不过在梵蒂冈内的圣彼得大教堂却是世界上最大的天主教堂。

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The art form reached its height during the Renaissance, when micro-mosaics were created for St.Peter's Basilica in Vatican City because traditional altar paintings were decaying from humidity and other environmental factors.

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Normally feet-washing Masses before Easter are held in the Vatican or a Rome basilica.

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It also offers interactive tours of famous buildings such St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City which are generated by morphing between photos uploaded by users.

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Last year the court heard some 220 cases, mainly involving petty crimes such as pickpocketing committed by a tiny fraction of the 18 million people who enter Saint Peter's Basilica or the Vatican Museums each year.

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