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Today, the Third Sunday of Lent, Pope Benedict made a visit to Santa Maria Liberatrice parish in the Testaccio area of Rome. Teresa Benedetta has interesting background on the parish (run by the Salesians) here. Many photos here. No English translation of the homily yet, of course, but AsiaNews has a summary of the Angelus,…http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080224/i/r4089335470.jpg?x=400&y=277&sig=idg3uTpPFhqve3cv9qe6CA--