Ailing Pope Prepares for Midnight Mass
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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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Pope John Paul has recovered from  his breathing problems and will leave hospital later on  Thursday, the Vatican said.
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LOURDES, France - A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat...
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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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Pope John Paul II ushered in the Christmas holiday today, lighting a candle for peace in his window before celebrating midnight Mass in a new test of the 84-year-old pontiffâs frail health.
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Pope John Paul spent a second  night in hospital after emergency treatment for breathing  problems and the Vatican moved to assuage fears for the  84-year-old Pontiff.
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Pope John Paul II blessed the faithful from his hospital window Sunday, looking frail and speaking with difficulty but determined to show he can still lead the Roman Catholic Church.
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LOURDES, France -- A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled yesterday through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled, and asked aides for help during the 2-hour service in the sizzling heat.
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Pope John Paul II was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night with breathing difficulties and an inflamed throat while battling the flu during an icy spell that has swept Italy, the Vatican said.
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Pope Benedict led the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas with a midnight mass on Tuesday, urging people to find time and space for God, the needy and the suffering.
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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&#39;s frail health.
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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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Speaking with difficulty, Pope John Paul  appeared on Sunday at his hospital window for the first time  since taking ill and said through an aide that he was still  "serving the Church and all humanity."
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Pope John Paul has celebrated Christmas midnight mass in St Peter&#39;s Basilica in Vatican City, saying the world needs the message of Jesus more than ever.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are are expected to attend an open-air mass today when Pope John Paul II visits the marian shrine in Loreto, about 125 miles northeast of Rome.
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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 was rushed to  hospital late on Tuesday after his condition deteriorated from  flu but he was not in intensive care, the Vatican said.