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This handout picture released by the Vatican Press Office on June 2, 2012 and taken the day before shows Pope Benedict XVI attendng a concert at La Scala theater Orchestra in Milan, during the 7th World Meeting of Families. Benedict attended a concert at the prestigious Scala opera house to hear Beethoven's Ninth Symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim. AFP PHOTO/OSSERVATORE ROMANO RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO/OSSERVATORE ROMANO" (Photo credit should read -/AFP/GettyImages)

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