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WORLD: Pope arrives at JFK Airport in NYC
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April 18, 2008
Pope arrives at JFK Airport in NYC


(NECN: New York) - Pope Benedict XVI arrived at JFK Airport in New York City Friday morning. The pontiff will address the United Nations General Assembly. He's expected to call for a human rights agenda that includes religious freedom, and highlight the responsibility first-world nations have to help those still developing.

His speech comes after a visit to Washington in which he put the country's clergy sexual abuse scandal front and center.

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