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Neighbors Growing Together | May 21, 2013

Pope’s mission to revive faith clouded by scandal

By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press | Feb 11, 2013

VATICAN CITY — Benedict XVI always cast himself as the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps to the public glare and the majesty of Vatican pageantry.

But once in office, he never shied from charting the Catholic ...

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