When George Washington gave afarewelladdress to Congress in 1796, he talked about why the U.S. Constitution deserved the people's support and confidence.
Pope Benedict made his remarks at the Vatican in what amounted to afarewelladdress to hundreds of priests who serve in the Diocese of Rome, our correspondent says.
"I leave sad because of the pain of our people but with my head held high, " a teary-eyed Bachelet said in a brief farewelladdress from the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile's capital.