Pope Benedict XVI Visits Africa

Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarciso Bertone, left, and spokesman father Federico Lombardi, greets the media at the end of a press conference he held on the aircraft on his way to Yaounde, Cameroon,
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Plane Talking
Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarciso Bertone, left, and spokesman father Federico Lombardi, greets the media at the end of a press conference he held on his aircraft on the way to Yaounde, Cameroon. There was immediate controversy after he opposed the use of condoms and reiterated the Vatican's views on artificial birth control.

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