Pope blesses Vatican crowds
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Pope John Paul II makes his first Sunday appearance at the Vatican after his recent hospital treatment.
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Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday praised a recent demonstration in Rome against proposed legislation granting legal rights to unmarried couples, including gay ones, saying it showed that traditional family was at the core of Italian society.
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Pope John Paul Sunday thanked the world  for the great concern shown for his health and said he was  still "serving the Church and all humanity" from his hospital  bed.
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The Pope has called for peace in Iraq and Sudan during his traditional Christmas message in freezing rain in front of thousands of pilgrims to Rome.
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass for 30,000 people at the 850-year-old shrine of Mariazell in Austria.
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Pope John Paul II has celebrated midnight mass at St Peter&#39;s Basilica in Rome before a packed congregation. In a short homily devoted to purely religious themes, the Pope said all humanity, with
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II celebrated a special Mass early yesterday in his private chapel for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunamis. Later, he publicly praised the outpouring of aid for the stricken populations as a sign of hope for 2005.
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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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A state-approved Catholic bishop of Beijing was installed to applause from parishioners on Friday in a tightly orchestrated ceremony that was subsequently endorsed by the Vatican, in a sign of a thaw in relations.
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Pope John Paul II ushered in Christmas on Friday by celebrating midnight Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, praying that world leaders will strive for peace and that Jews, Muslims and Christians will live harmoniously in the Holy Land.
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Pope John Paul II traveled to a hilltop shrine near the Adriatic Sea Sunday to celebrate an open-air Mass attended by tens of thousands of pilgrims.
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass for 230,000 people Tuesday in a sunny field outside Regensburg, taking his homecoming tour of his native Bavaria to the university town where he once taught theology.
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Pope John Paul II invites believers to display symbols of their faith with pride, despite recent rows.
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Pope John Paul II is well enough to deliver a traditional Sunday blessing from hospital, the Vatican says.
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Pope John Paul II thanked well-wishers Sunday for their messages and prayers as he celebrated the 26th anniversary of his election as pontiff.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict made an emotional   return to his Bavarian homeland on Saturday, saying his first   visit since being elected head of the Roman Catholic Church 17   months ago filled him with memories.
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Scores of faithful flocked to a Rome hospital Wednesday where Pope John Paul II was being treated for respiratory problems, offering prayers, flowers and even singing a pop song for the sick pontiff.