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Pope defends celibacy for priests at Vatican rally (AP)

June 10th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to celebrate the end of the Church's year of the priest, Thursday, June 10, 2010. Thousands of priests from around the world have massed in Rome in one of the largest such gatherings ever in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI amid the clerical abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended celibacy for priests as a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world Thursday, insisting on a church tradition that has increasingy come under scrutiny amid the clerical sex abuse scandal.


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