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Pope Benedict Visits Spain

   VOA News 06 November 2010
   Pope  Benedict  XVI waves as he walks with Spanish Crown Prince Felipe
   and Princess Letizia upon arriving at Lavacolla airport in Santiago de
   Compostela, northern Spain, 06 Nov 2010

Photo: AP

   Pope  Benedict  XVI waves as he walks with Spanish Crown Prince Felipe
   and Princess Letizia upon arriving at Lavacolla airport in Santiago de
   Compostela, northern Spain, 06 Nov 2010

   Pope  Benedict arrived in Spain Saturday in a bid to reclaim the Roman
   Catholic  Church's  strong  influence  in one of Europe's most liberal
   countries.
   Prior  to  his  arrival, he said the anti-church movement in Spain now
   rivals that of 1930s leading up to the Spanish Civil War.
   The  pontiff begins his trip with a visit to Santiago de Compostela to
   pay respects to the remains of St. James the Apostle.
   On  Sunday, Pope Benedict is expected to draw more than 100,000 people
   to  an  open  air  Mass  in  Barcelona,  where he will sanctify Antoni
   Gaudi's unfinished Sagrada Familia as a basilica.
   Gay  and  lesbian  activists  plan  to  protest  the  pope's  visit to
   Barcelona with a "kiss-in."

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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