L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Benedict comforted survivors of Italy's earthquake on Tuesday and asked God to heed the "silent cry" of its victims rising from the earth.
During a four-hour visit to the central Italian region devastated on April 6, he called for a "serious examination of conscience" about the destruction caused by the quake, some of which has been blamed on shoddy construction.
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