Frail Pope Ends Tiring Lourdes Pilgrimage
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LOURDES, France  - Pope John Paul, a sick man  among the sick, wound up a emotional visit to this miracle  shrine Sunday and struggled with iron determination to finish a  sermon in order to encourage others suffering around him.
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A frail Pope John Paul II traveled to a hilltop shrine near the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, putting three more Catholics on the road to sainthood during an open-air Mass attended by some 200,000 pilgrims.
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Pope John Paul II ushered in the Christmas holiday, lighting a candle for peace in his window Friday before celebrating midnight Mass in a new test of the 84-year-old pontiff's frail health.
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By Michael Lafleur, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  May 28--LOWELL -- Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church closed after a tearful Mass on Sept. 26, 2004, closing the book on the parish's 98-year history.
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Pope Benedict XVI, who has warned against working too hard, is about to end his long sojourn at the papal palace outside Rome, where he took up residence in late July as part of his summer holidays.
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Pope John Paul II was strong enough to turn the pages of written greetings Saturday and speak in a clear voice, a visitor said. But, still hospitalized and recovering from the flu, the pontiff sent an emissary to read a speech in his name at the Vatican.
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Pope John Paul's health has  stabilized recently, so much so that the Pontiff has expressed  a desire to make at least two major trips abroad next year,  including one to Northern Ireland.
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LORETO, Italy  - A frail Pope John Paul travelled to a hilltop shrine near the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, putting three more Catholics on the road to sainthood during an open-air mass attended by some 200,000 pilgrims.
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Political parties suspended their election campaigns and long lines of worshippers paid their final respects Monday following the death of Sister Lucia, the last of three shepherd children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary during 1917 apparitions in the town of Fatima.
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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 yesterday, struggling at times but cheered on by 200,000 pilgrims.
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Pope John Paul II, recovered from the flu and respiratory problems that left him hospitalized for 10 days, is spending this week in a retreat for his traditional Lenten period of spiritual reflection.
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With the lighting of a candle for peace in his window, Pope John Paul began Christmas holiday celebrations that posed a new test for his frail health not long after visitors celebrated in Bethlehem.
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The Pope will visit Italy's Adriatic coast for a beatification ceremony in his last journey of the year outside Rome.
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The pope has a light fever and will spend a few more days in the hospital, but "there is no cause for alarm," a spokesman said.
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Pope Benedict XVI said Friday the Vatican wishes to "impose nothing on anyone" in a parting message of goodwill to Muslims at the end of his first papal trip to an Islamic nation.
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An ailing Pope John Paul II says Mass at Lourdes, the French shrine revered by Roman Catholics.
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Tucked away in the rolling  hills of southern Poland, this sleepy provincial town is slowly  becoming a pilgrimage destination for Roman Catholics devoted  to its most famous son, the late Pope John Paul.