New Pope reaches out to other religions

Pope Benedict XVI today pledged to work to unify all Christians and to continue implementing the Second Vatican Council, as he outlined his goals following an election that sent a signal the church was intent on sticking to tradition as it confronted 21st-century problems.

Benedict, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, listed top priorities of his Pontificate in a message read in Latin to cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel for the first Mass celebrated by the 265th leader of the Roman Catholic Church.