Pope blesses picture of missing British girl
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The parents of a four-year-old British girl snatched from a Portuguese holiday resort nearly a month ago met Pope Benedict on Wednesday and the Pontiff blessed a photograph of the child.
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The parents of missing Madeleine McCann thank the public for their efforts, as a giant appeal poster is unveiled.
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Pope John Paul II greeted tens of thousands of Italian scouts in St. Peter's Square on Saturday, saying the strong turnout by young faithful "gladdened his heart."
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LONDON: Some 2,000 people crammed into London&#39;s Westminster Cathedral yesterday for a mass in memory of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was taken hostage and is believed slain by her abductors.
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Pope Benedict arrives at the Catholic shrine of Loreto in Italy for an ecologically friendly youth festival.
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"It can be confirmed that Tony Blair has been received into full communion with the Catholic church by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor"  In this photo made available by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI meets with outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a private audience at the Vatican in this June 23, 2007 ... via KansasCity.com
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Pope John Paul II shooed a dove &#151; a symbol of peace &#151; out his apartment window Sunday, chuckling with children who watched in delight as the bird flew back into his room overlooking St. Peter's Square.
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LONDON -- Britain's newly engaged royal couple, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, received blessings from their local priest at a church service near the prince's country home yesterday. The pair joined a congregation of 34 people in tiny St. Lawrence's Church in the leafy village of Didmarton, near Prince Charles's Highgrove retreat in western England. "I prayed for their ...
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ROME  - The Vatican returned a Russian icon venerated by Pope John Paul to Moscow on Friday in a gesture aimed at improving strained relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and possibly clearing the way for a visit by the ailing pontiff.
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EFES, Turkey  - Turkey on Wednesday praised the conciliatory tone of Pope Benedict during his visit to the predominantly Muslim country and his apparent new support for Ankara's bid to join the European Union.
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The world awaited news of Pope  John Paul's condition early on Wednesday after he was rushed to  hospital with breathing difficulties during the night.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II shooed a dove - a symbol of peace - out his apartment window Sunday, chuckling with children who watched in delight as the bird flew back into his room overlooking St. Peter's Square.
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The Vatican returned a Russian icon venerated by Pope John Paul II to Moscow on Friday in a gesture aimed at improving strained relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and possibly clearing the way for a visit by the ailing pontiff.
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Pope John Paul II celebrated a special Mass early Saturday in his private chapel for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunamis and later publicly praised the outpouring of aid for the stricken populations as a sign of hope for 2005.
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Pope Benedict XVI met Wednesday with the parents of Madeleine McCann, the four-year-old girl who disappeared in Portugal nearly a month ago, and said he would pray for her safe return.
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News Wednesday, March 14, 2007. Issue 3614. Page 2. AP President Vladimir Putin greeting Pope Benedict XVI before a meeting at the Vatican on Tuesday.Comment
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Hopes for an Italian priest kidnapped in the southern Philippines were raised Saturday when it emerged that a fellow priest had been sent photographs of him apparently unharmed.