Russian painter Natalia Tsarkova poses next to a copy of a portrait of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II (left) in her studio in Rome yesterday. Tsarkova painted the official portrait of Pope Benedict in 2007 and the official portrait of Pope John Paul II for the 2000 Jubilee.

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