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Washington celebrates visit; pope addresses sex scandal

Pope Benedict XVI began the first full day of his U.S. visit being serenaded by thousands of spectators at the White House and ended it with a sweeping speech to the nation's bishops in which he admitted the sex abuse scandal was "very badly handled."

With Washington in a celebratory mood, President George W. Bush invited the pope -- just the second pontiff to visit the White House -- for...

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