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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to conduct mass to open the year of faith at the Vatican October 11, 2012.
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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to conduct mass.
Bishops walk in a solemn procession through St Peter's Square as they arrive for a mass led by the pontiff.
Bishops from around the world gather for the mass.
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A Swiss guard stands before the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope Benedict opened a global "Year of Faith" as he conducted mass in St. Peter's Square on Thursday, Agence France Presse reports. The Vatican is celebrating the 50th anniversary of a council that changed the face of Catholicism, as it tries to rekindle the religious fervor of the time amid rising secularism.
A?Pew Research Center study released Tuesday?found that one in five Americans is religiously unaffiliated, including?one in three adults under 30.
Read a transcript of the Pope's homily at The National Catholic Register.
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