Pope, in Assisi, urges end to Mideast wars, terror
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ASSISI, Italy  - Pope Benedict on Sunday made one of his strongest peace appeals, calling for an end to all wars and saying the people of the Middle East have had enough of "the horrors of combat, terrorism and blind violence."
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The foreign ministers of France, Italy,  Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an  international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict  and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.
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Pope Benedict XVI begins a three-day pilgrimage to Austria on Friday with a solemn tribute to Jewish Holocaust victims, and an appeal to diplomats serving with the U.N. nuclear agency and other international organizations.
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ASSISI, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI made a pilgrimage to the birthplace of St. Francis yesterday, lamenting the violence in the Middle East and decrying "the illusion" that force could resolve conflicts.
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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict told Muslim   envoys on Monday that Christian and Muslim believers must   reject all forms of violence, in an audience aimed at defusing   anger over a speech seen as depicting Islam as violent.
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Pope Benedict XVI said Friday that he does not plan to intervene diplomatically in the Middle East fighting, but called on people of all religions to join Sunday's worldwide day of prayers for peace.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert asks the Pope to urge Christians to denounce Holocaust denial, at talks in the Vatican.
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MAHMOUD Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, has called for an end to armed attacks against Israeli targets in an attempt to mark out a new strategy for peace in the wake of Yasser Arafatâs death.
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Pope Benedict XVI urged world leaders Wednesday to take in and care for refugees who seek asylum in their countries.
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Pope John Paul II received Muslim, Orthodox Christian and Jewish religious leaders from Azerbaijan, calling their visit Thursday a symbol of tolerance and declaring that religion must never be used for violent aims.
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Pope Benedict ushered in the third New Year of his pontificate on Tuesday with a call for the protection of the traditional family, which he said was vital for world peace.
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REGENSBURG, Germany  - Pope Benedict invited   Muslims on Tuesday to join a dialogue of cultures that agrees   the concept of Islamic "holy war" is unreasonable and against   God's nature.
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Pope John Paul II issued a new appeal for peace in Iraq and the Middle East, condemning the &quot;horror&quot; of violence as well as &quot;the terrorism that cruelly targets the innocent&quot;.
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Visiting one of Italy's most crime-ridden cities, Pope Benedict XVI told ayatollahs, rabbis, priests and patriarchs from around the world Sunday that religion must never be used to justify violence.
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Pope Benedict said on Tuesday states had to set ethical limits to what can be done to protect their people from terrorism and that some countries have flouted international humanitarian law in recent wars.
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Pope Benedict XVI expressed concerns to President Bush about the Middle East, according to the Vatican.
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Almost every nation attending an international conference in Rome is pressing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to call for an immediate end to the fighting on the Israeli-Lebanese border.