Pope Benedict is in the top five of Forbes
Magazine's list of "The World's Most Powerful People", and is the
highest ranked religious figure on the list of 68, said a report on
HULIQ.com.
The pontiff came in fifth,
after Chinese President Hu Jintao, US President Barack Obama, Saudi
Arabia's King Abdullah and Russia's Vladimir Putin, according to the
list found on Forbes.com.
With more than a billion members of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope
Benedict XVI is the "highest earthly authority" for the world's largest
Christian church, said HULIQ.com.
