Pope Benedict XVI in Portugal

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Pope Benedict XVI (C) celebrates a mass at the Fatima's Sanctuary, in Fatima, on May 13, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI began a giant outdoor mass in the Portuguese shrine of Fatima Thursday before hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world. The sanctuary's huge esplanade was full to overflowing and Church organisers said half a million people attended the mass, a greater number than joined his predecessor John Paul II here in 2000, illustrating Benedict's pulling power even as he battles a paedophile priest crisis. AFP