Photos: The life of Pope Benedict XVI
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FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers a speech before leaving Germany at Lahr Black Forest airport on September 25, 2011 near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.The Pope is in Freiburg on the last of a four-day visit to Germany, and he will conclude his trip with an open air Sunday mass. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
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