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Vatican: Talks with traditionalists will continue

October 26, 2009 By The Associated Press NICOLE WINFIELD (Associated Press Writer)

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI's efforts to unify the Catholic Church and reach out to Christian traditionalists took a new step Monday with the start of talks between the Vatican and a group of breakaway Catholics that includes a Holocaust denier.

The Vatican said the three-hour talks with a delegation from the Society of St. Pius X were held in a "cordial, respectful and constructive...

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