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PORTO, Portugal - Pope Benedict XVI wrapped up a trip to Portugal on Friday with an appeal to spread the faith, capping a pilgrimage marked by an explicit admission of church guilt in the clerical abuse scandal with a fresh bid to move beyond the crisis.
FATIMA, Portugal - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday offered comfort to those enduring hardship, telling some 400,000 pilgrims at the Fatima shrine that suffering is not in vain.
LISBON, Portugal - Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday blamed the church's own sins for the clerical abuse scandal - not a campaign mounted by outsiders - and called for profound purification to end what he called the "greatest persecution" the church has endured.
LISBON, Portugal - Pope Benedict XVI says the clerical abuse scandal represents "the greatest persecution of the church," but said it was born from sins inside the church, not outside.
LISBON, Portugal - Pope Benedict XVI was traveling to Portugal on Tuesday to speak about Europe's economic crisis and urge Europeans to uphold Christian values and seek solace in their faith.
