Pope arrives in France for first visit
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in France for a four-day trip that will take him from the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris to the shrine in Lourdes.
It is his first trip to France as pontiff.
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It is his first trip to France as pontiff.
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