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Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges applause after addressing the General Assembly Friday, April 18, 2008, at the United Nations.

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges applause after addressing the General Assembly Friday, April 18, 2008, at the United Nations headquarters.

Pope Benedict XVI addresses the General Assembly Friday, April 18, 2008 at the United Nations.

Pope Benedict XVI addresses the General Assembly Friday, April 18, 2008, at the United Nations.

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges the General Assembly Friday, April 18, 2008, at the United Nations.

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges applause from delegates inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall Friday, April 18, 2008, at the United Nations.

Pope Benedict XVl, followed by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, enters the General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Friday, April 18, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI walks past delegates, most eager to take his picture, inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall Friday, April 18, 2008, at the United Nations.

Pope Benedict XVI enters the General Assembly Hall Friday, April 18, 2008, at the United Nations headquarters.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the United Nations International School choir after they played for him at the United Nations Friday, April 18, 2008, in New York.

Pope Benedict XVI signs the guest book during a ceremony with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters Friday, April 18, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a short ceremony and guest book signing at the United Nations, Friday, April 18, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI poses with General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim, left, of Macedonia, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the pontiff arrived at United Nations headquarters Friday, April 18, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by members of the Catholic clergy, including Cardinal Edward Egan, archbishop of New York, third from right, as he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Friday, April 18, 2008. The other clergy members are unidentified.

Pope Benedict XVI gestures from the top steps of his airplane as he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Friday, April 18, 2008.

A papal flag hangs from the cap of Brother Joachim, of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal based in the New York borough of the Bronx, as clergy and guests await the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Friday, April 18, 2008.

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