Thousands at Pope Mass in Fatima
Up to half a million people have attended an open-air Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at the Catholic shrine of Fatima in Portugal.
The Church said the crowd was a message of support for the Pope, who is marking the 93rd anniversary of the Virgin Mary's reported apparitions there.
The Pope is currently on a four-day visit to the country.
On Tuesday, he blamed the Catholic sex abuse scandal on "sin within" the Church, and not outside persecution.
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