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Pope Benedict XVI arrives in front of the ...
AP - Dom 8 Nov - 17.55Pope Benedict XVI arrives in front of the house where Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Paul VI, was born in 1897, in Concesio, near Brescia, Italy, Sunday, Nov.8, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Paul VI was elected pope in 1963, taking over from John XXIII who began the Second Vatican Council, a landmark initiative to modernize the policies and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Paul led the council to its completion, which Benedict attended as an up-and-coming theologian. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
