<a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Pope+Benedict+XVI&family=editorial&specificpeople=201771 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Pope Benedict XVI</a> waves to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's square during his weekly audience on October 17, 2012 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pontiff has called for a 'Delegation to visit Damascus in the next few days, on behalf of God and all of us, to express our fraternal solidarity to the Syrian population and deliver a special offering from the Synod Fathers and the Holy See'. Members of the delegation include: the Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Laurent Mosengwo Pasinya; President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan.