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Article: VOA NEWS: POPE BENEDICT XVI TO VISIT FRANCE

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September 11, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Sabina Castelfranco

Preparations are under way for Pope Benedict's first visit to France. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Paris the pope is to arrive Friday.

More than 9,000 security officers have been mobilized for Pope Benedict's four-day visit to France. The main purpose of Pope Benedict's trip is to visit the shrine of Lourdes, at the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains, in the southwest region of the country.

He is to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary appearing to a peasant girl. Millions of people visit the shrine every year. The Catholic Church has recognized as miracles dozens of healings of sick ...

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