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Pope to skip Holocaust museum on trip to Israel, envoy says

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Mar. 10, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI will not visit Israel's Holocaust museum when he makes his first trip to the region as pope in May, though he will visit a memorial that is part of the site, his ambassador to Israel said Tuesday.
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