Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico.
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Pope Benedict XVI has denounced drug-related violence in Mexico and urged young people to renounce it, ahead of his visit to the country, says the BBC.
On his way to Mexico, the Pope said it was vital "to fight this evil which destroys our young".
So far Mexicans have shown restrained excitement about the pope's arrival in Guanajuato, a deeply conservative state in sun-baked central Mexico. Dedicated campgrounds with a capacity for hundreds of thousands of pilgrims were virtually empty, the USA today reported.
The papal envoy, Christophe Pierre, said Benedict's visit would allow Mexicans to "discover the pope" and "his ability to communicate, to speak deeply, but simply."


















































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