John Paul II Grieves Over Italian Train Accident
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VATICAN CITY, JAN. 9, 2005 ( Zenit.org ).- John Paul II expressed his grief over the crash of two trains Friday in northern Italy that left 17 dead and scores injured.
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From correspondents in West Bengal, India, 05:34 PM IST Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi Monday paid his respects at the tomb of Mother Teresa and urged the world to emulate her path of compassion and peace.Comment
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VIENNA - Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged Europe's tragic past and warned of its uncertain future yesterday as he honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and urged the continent to accept its Christian heritage.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi Monday paid his respects at the tomb of Mother Teresa and urged the world to emulate her path of compassion and peace.Comment
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Prime Minister Tony Blair extended condolences to the victims' families in Parliament.Comment
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Pope John Paul II was greeted yesterday by about 200,000 pilgrims at a shrine in Loreto, Italy, where he beatified three members of the lay political movement Catholic Action.
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PARIS - The international environment watchdog group Greenpeace said Monday it was &quot;shocked and very saddened&quot; by the death of a French protestor who was struck and killed Sunday by a train transporting nuclear waste to Germany.
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A passenger train and a freight train collided head-on in heavy fog in northern Italy on Friday, killing at least 13 people, injuring dozens and crushing several cars into a wreck of buckled metal.
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November 8, 2004 -- STRASBOURG, France - An anti-nuclear activist died yesterday when his leg was cut off by a train transporting nuclear waste to Germany, France&#39;s SNCF railway operator said.
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A crowded Italian inter-city train collided with a freight convoy in thick fog on a stretch of single-track near Bologna yesterday, killing at least 14 people and injuring up to 80.
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Friends and admirers of Luciano Pavarotti joined in a chorus of grief as the world paid homage to the thrilling voice and exuberant personality of the great Italian tenor who died Thursday.
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Two days after a grueling papal pilgrimage which left some wondering if Pope John Paul II could still travel, the Vatican on Tuesday announced details of the ailing pontiff's next trip.
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BOLOGNINA DI CREVALCORE, Italy  - Rescue workers pried apart the mangled remains of two trains that collided head-on in northern Italy on Saturday, finding four more bodies one day after the crash, firefighters said, raising the death toll to 17.
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LORETO, Italy - A frail Pope John Paul II put three more Roman Catholics on the road to sainthood during a visit to a hilltop shrine Sunday, struggling at times but cheered on by 200,000 pilgrims.    He seemed drained, seated in a wheeled throne in glittering green vestments, at the end of the three-hour ceremony in 86 degree heat...
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Pope John Paul II marked the 26th anniversary of his papacy, feted Friday evening by a military chorus and orchestra from Russia &#151; a country the globe-trotting pope has been unable to visit.
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For more than two decades he was Pope John Paul II&#039;s confidant and the Vatican&#039;s public face. A usually unflappable Spaniard, Joaquin Navarro-Valls struggled to hold back tears as the Polish pontiff lay on his deathbed.
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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.