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<p>In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass at the Vatican, Monday, April 16, 2012. The Pontiff celebrated a very Bavarian birthday Monday, marking his 85 years with his brother, German bishops and a musical band from his native land. Benedict began the day with a Mass in which he alluded to his own mortality, saying he would carry on his final years knowing that God was watching over him. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano)</p>

<p>In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass at the Vatican, Monday, April 16, 2012. The Pontiff celebrated a very Bavarian birthday Monday, marking his 85 years with his brother, German bishops and a musical band from his native land. Benedict began the day with a Mass in which he alluded to his own mortality, saying he would carry on his final years knowing that God was watching over him. (AP Photo/Osse…

April 25, 2012

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Pope stakes out church's course as he begins 8th year
April 25, 2012 9:15 p.m.

Pope stakes out church's course as he begins 8th year

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI began his eighth year as pope on Tuesday after spending the waning days of his seventh driving home his view of the Catholic Church, with a divisive crackdown on dissenters and an equally divisive opening to a fringe group of traditionalists.