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Pope Benedict XVI attends a meeting with representatives of the portuguese cultural world in Lisbon on May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI heads for Fatima, the highlight of his visit to Portugal, hoping to have turned a corner on the sex scandals haunting the Church after making his strongest condemnation yet of paedophile priests.
Pope Benedict XVI waves gestures during a meeting with representant of the Portuguese culture, in the Belem Cultural center in Lisbon, on May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI heads for Fatima on May 12, 2010 the highlight of his visit to Portugal, hoping to have turned a corner on the sex scandals haunting the Church after making his strongest condemnation yet of paedophile priests.
Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges applause next to Portuguese film director Manuel de Oliveira (R) during a visit to the Belem cultural centre in Lisbon May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict said on Tuesday that the greatest threat to Catholicism came from "sin within the Church", one if his most forthright comments so far on a sexual abuse scandal that has created turmoil in the church. The Church has "a very deep need" to recognise that it must do penitence for its sins and "accept purification", he said.
Pope Benedict XVI looks on during a visit to the Belem cultural centre in Lisbon, May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict said on Tuesday that the greatest threat to Catholicism came from "sin within the Church", one if his most forthright comments so far on a sexual abuse scandal that has created turmoil in the church. The Church has "a very deep need" to recognise that it must do penitence for its sins and "accept purification", he said.
Portuguese film maker Emanuel de Oliveira (R) kisses the hand of Pope Benedict XVI on his arrival for a meeting with representatives of the Portuguese cultural community, in the Belem Cultural center in Lisbon, on May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI will head to Fatima, one of Christianity's most visited shrines, on the second day of a four-day visit to Portugal.
Portuguese film maker Emanuel de Oliveira (R) welcomes Pope Benedict XVI on his arrival for a meeting with representives of the Portuguese cultural community, in the Belem Cultural center in Lisbon, on May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI will head to Fatima, one of Christianity's most visited shrines, on the second day of a four-day visit to Portugal.
Pope Benedict XVI (C) waves as he arrives for a meeting with representatives of the Portuguese cultural world in Lisbon on May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI will head to Fatima, one of Christianity's most visited shrines, on the second day of a four-day visit to Portugal.
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves the diplomatic mission of the Holy See, the Apostolic Nunciature in Lisbon on Wednesday May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI has recalled Portugal's glorious past as a country of adventurers and missionaries in urging a rediscovery of its Christian heritage. Benedict echoed a key theme of his message to an increasingly secularized Europe during a meeting Wednesday with members of Portugal's cultural elite on the second day of a four-day visit.