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XVI, BENEDICTO, BENEDIKT, BENEDETTO, BENEDICT, BENTO, BENOIT, BENEDIKTA, BENEDITTU, PAPA, PAPST, PAPE, POPE, RATZINGER, JOSEPH, CARDINAL, KARDINAL, CARDINALE, CARDENAL, GEORG, GÄSNWEIN, GAENSWEIN, PREFETTO, PREFECTO, PREFETTURA, PREFECTURA, CASA PONTIFICIA, VATICANO, VATICAN, GENERALAUDIENZ, NA OPCOJ AUDIJENCIJI, AUDIENCIA GENERAL, AUDIENCE GÉNÉRALE, GENERAL AUDIENCE, UDIENZA GENERALE, AUDIÊNCIA GERAL, A UN AÑO DE LA ELECCIÓN, Pastor of God’s Church, Que Dieu m’accorde d’être le pasteur doux et ferme de son Eglise, Zahvala za prvu godinu pontifikata, Meditazione sul significato della Pasqua, A Páscoa, Que Dios me conceda ser pastor manso y firme de su Iglesia, 2006 Vatican City, VATICAN CITY STATE: Pope Benedict XVI blesses pilgrims as he arrives in St. Peter’s square for his weekly general audience 19 April 2006, at the Vatican on the first anniversary of his election as pontiff. The Pope strongly condemned the «abominable» suicide bombing in Tel Aviv which killed nine people two days ago, for which the Israeli government has blamed Hamas.Israel placed full blame on the Hamas Palestinian leadership for the attack, the first suicide bombing inside the country since the radical Islamists shot to power, and ordered the military to step up pressure on the Palestinians. AFP PHOTO / Vincenzo PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)