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Pope Benedict has been holding an outdoor mass in the Portuguese city of Fatima. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims travelled to the city to take part in the event, which is the highlight of the Pope's four day trip. The mass celebrates the anniversary of the day when three shepherd children reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917.

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