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Pope Benedict XVI has warned countries of the danger of no longer being at the loving service of their citizens as he urged the faithful to bring Christ's message of hope to all people.

During a two-day journey to a once-staunchly Catholic Spain, the Pope sought to bolster and renew people's faith in God and convince an increasingly secular society that the Church wants dialogue, not confrontation.

The Pope's November 6-7 visit, his 18th trip abroad, brought him first to one of Catholicism's most popular and ancient pilgrimage sites, Santiago de Compostela, and then Barcelona, where he consecrated the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia.

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