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• Mexican priest abuse scandals cast shadow on pope's visit
• Pope focuses on Mexico's children during visit
• Pope defends right to religious freedom in Mexico
• Pope's arrival in Mexico sparks surprising emotion
• Pope to meet Calderon, children in Mexico
• Drug Violence and Communism on Pope's 'To Eradicate' List
• Danish churches, film sets for Charles and Camilla
• Havana gets gussied up for pope
• Pope to meet Caldron, faithful on first full day in Mexico
• Pope's trip sparks hopes for change in Cuba
• SE Pa. church holds mock kidnapping on youth group
• Pope visits Mexico pledging to fight drugs "evil"

Mexican priest abuse scandals cast shadow on pope's visit Posted: LEON, Mexico (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's first full day in Mexico was clouded by fresh allegations the Vatican hid evidence of sex abuse by one of the country's most prominent Roman Catholic leaders for decades. The authors of a new book say a trove of once-secret Vatican documents prove Church officials ignored complaints of drug use and molestation of seminarians by the late Father Marcial Maciel, founder of the Catholic order the Legionaries of Christ. ...

Pope focuses on Mexico's children during visit Posted: Pope Benedict XVI worked to build the future of Mexico's church by reaching out to children Saturday as tens of thousands of teenagers streamed into a vast, shade-starved park to camp out overnight ahead of a gigantic papal Mass.

Pope defends right to religious freedom in Mexico Posted: Pope Benedict XVI has defended the right to religious freedom on his first visit to Mexico, as lawmakers debate constitutional reform to move away from being a traditionally secular nation.

Pope's arrival in Mexico sparks surprising emotion Posted: It had become tradition in Mexico. Before daybreak, youths would creep as close as security permitted and serenade their beloved Pope John Paul II with a song of greeting and celebration.

Pope to meet Calderon, children in Mexico Posted: Pope Benedict XVI, who has received a warm welcome in Mexico, was expected to develop messages for religious freedom and peace in the face of raging drug violence during his weekend visit.

Drug Violence and Communism on Pope's 'To Eradicate' List Posted: Pope Benedict XVI, who turns 85 next month, arrived yesterday in Mexico, home to 96 million Roman Catholics, on the first leg of a six-day trip that will bring him to Cuba on Monday. From the moment he stepped out of the papal plane at Guanajuato airport -- a city famous for a Catholic uprising in 1920 --  and was warmly welcomed by president, Felipe Calderón, the Pope was greeted by "songs, joyful throngs, church bells and confetti," the AP reports. ...

Danish churches, film sets for Charles and Camilla Posted: Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, arrived in Copenhagen on Saturday on the third and final leg of their Scandinavia tour, with plans to visit churches, the film set of a popular Danish TV show and sustainable energy projects.

Havana gets gussied up for pope Posted: A flurry of house-painting and road-paving has spun into full tilt as the only Communist capital in the Americas puts on its Sunday best to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Cuba this week.

Pope to meet Caldron, faithful on first full day in Mexico Posted: Pope Benedict XVI will meet Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday, the first full day of a three-day visit that he began by condemning the evil of drug gangs.

Pope's trip sparks hopes for change in Cuba Posted: For years at Havana's historic Cristobal Colon cemetery, Communist Party members refused to enter the Roman Catholic chapel there for funeral services. They stayed outside while others honored the dead because religious believers were banned from the party and being seen in a church, particularly a Catholic one, could bring trouble even for someone in mourning. But those days are gone and the Church has taken a bigger role in Cuban society since the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1998, said 68-year-old Erick Osio, who remembers standing outside the cemetery chapel. ...

SE Pa. church holds mock kidnapping on youth group Posted: A southeastern Pennsylvania church subjected members of a youth group to a mock kidnapping and interrogations without telling them it was staged, and the outraged mother of one 14-year-old girl has filed a complaint with police.

Pope visits Mexico pledging to fight drugs "evil" Posted: LEON, Mexico (Reuters) - Pope Benedict arrived in Mexico on Friday promising to "unmask the evil" of drug trafficking in a country ravaged by gang violence that has killed 50,000 people in the past five years. The pope began his three-day visit to the world's second-most populous Catholic state in the central city of Leon, where he received one of the most exuberant welcomes of any of his foreign trips. Tens of thousands of people, 20 deep in some places, lined the streets on his 22-mile (35-km) drive through the city. ...

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