Pope BenedictIt is widely reported today that the Vatican said, while on his trip to Malta, a tearful Pope Benedict XVI, in a closed-door meeting, met in the chapel at the Vatican's embassy for about about 35 minutes, total, with eight Maltese men, who were abused by four priests when they were boys living at a Catholic orphanage. The Vatican PR statement said that during the meeting the Pope expressed his "shame and sorrow" at the pain the men and their families suffered, and -- yes with those tears in his eyes,
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