Pictures: L'Osservatore Romano gets the best shots

The photographers for L'Osservatore Romano have special access to papal events, with obvious results:

Pope Benedict XVI walks on the altar during his meeting with Brazilian Bishops at Se Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Friday, May 11 - AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano.

Pope Benedict XVI prays during his meeting with Brazilian Bishops at Se Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Friday, May 11 - AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano.

Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful at the end of his meeting with Brazilian Bishops at Se Cathedral in Sao Paulo, Friday, May 11 - AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a canonization mass for Antonio Galvao in the Campo de Marte military airport in Sao Paulo May 11, 2007 - REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (BRAZIL)