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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (2nd R) is seen during Pope Benedict XVI's weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (VATICAN RELIGION)

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (2nd R) is greeted by Pope Benedict XVI after his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN RELIGION POLITICS)

Pope Benedict XVI wears a Saturno hat as he leaves at the end of his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican May 27, 2009. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (VATICAN HEADSHOT RELIGION)

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To abolish the veneration of the icons of Christ would mean cancelling his very redemptive work, since in assuming human nature, the invisible Word has appeared in visible human flesh, and in this way has sanctified the entire visible cosmos.