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Pope Benedict XVI (L) delivers a speech at Vienna's historic Hofburg Palace September 7, 2007. Some Catholic Church activists in Austria accused Pope Benedict of devoting too little time to hear ordinary churchgoers' concerns during a visit starting on Friday and said he was risking losing more of his flock. REUTERS/HO/Church (AUSTRIA)
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Pope Benedict XVI (R) stands with Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn at the balcony of the Nunciature in Vienna September 7, 2007. The Pontiff is on a three-day visit to Austria. REUTERS/Herbert Neubauer (AUSTRIA)
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In this photo taken Friday Sept. 7, 2007 released by the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper Saturday Sept. 8, Pope Benedict XVI arrives for a mass at the church 'Kirche Am Hof' in Vienna, Austria, Friday Sept. 7, 2007. The German-born pontiff arrived for a three-day visit to Austria earlier in the day. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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Superior Karl Schauer (R) and a volunteer adjust the statue of Maria before Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a holy mass in Mariazell September 8, 2007. The Pontiff who is on a three-day trip to Austria, is visiting the 850-year old shrine of Mariazell on Saturday, where some 33,000 pilgrims including 70 cardinals are expected to join him. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AUSTRIA)
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Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the statue of Maria inside the Basilica of Mariazell September 8, 2007. The Pontiff who is on a three-day trip to Austria, is visiting the 850-year old shrine of Mariazell on Saturday, where some 33,000 pilgrims including 70 cardinals are expected to join him. REUTERS/Vatican Pool/Osservatore Romano (AUSTRIA)
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Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle during vesper prayers inside the Basilica of Mariazell September 8, 2007. Pope Benedict, leading a rain-drenched mass in the Austrian mountains, said on Saturday that Europe's future would be bleak without more children and a return to trust in God and traditional values. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AUSTRIA)
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Pope Benedict XVI (C) takes part in a holy mass in St. Stephens cathedral in Vienna September 9, 2007. Pope Benedict urged Catholics to keep Sunday a special day for God and rest and make it a time to reflect on the need to protect God's endangered creation. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA)
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Pope Benedict XVI prays during a liturgical celebration at the church of Heiligenkreuz Abbey south of Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. The pontiff ends his three-day-visit to Austria on Sunday. (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool)
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Pope Benedict XVI, center, leaves the Abbey after a liturgical celebration in Heiligenkreuz Abbey, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI is on a three-day visit to Austria. (AP Photo/Ronald Zakl)