Pope calls for peace to make "heaven" on earth
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LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy  - Pope Benedict made an appeal for peace on Sunday, saying nations should halt bloody conflicts around the world to create a heaven on earth.
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Pop star Madonna called for world peace Sunday at a conference on Jewish mysticism, a highlight of her five-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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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 has expressed &quot;great apprehension&quot; over the situation in conflict-torn Iraq and called for a firm will to seek peaceful solutions to crises across the globe in his traditional Christmas Day message of peace in St Peter&#39;s Square.
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The Archbishop of Westminster has told a midnight mass that more needs to be done to achieve Middle East peace.
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Turkey's top Muslim official said on  Thursday Pope Benedict should state clearly during a planned  visit to Turkey next week he believes Islam, like Christianity,  to be a religion of peace.
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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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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict's personal preacher yesterday urged the pope to call a worldwide day of fasting and penitence to ask forgiveness for the clergy sexual abuse scandals.
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VATICAN CITY  - In a Christmas shadowed by violence and the threat of conflict around the world, Pope John Paul II expressed &quot;great apprehension&quot; over the situation in Iraq but optimism at the outlook in the Palestinian crisis.
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Pope Benedict XVI calls on the media to be more ethical and focus on the dignity of the human being.
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LORETO, Italy  - Pope Benedict, leading the Catholic Church's first 'eco-friendly' youth rally, on Sunday told up to half a million people that world leaders must make courageous decisions to save the planet "before it is too late".
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VATICAN CITY  - Pope John Paul II celebrated the traditional midnight mass at the Vatican with special prayers for peace in the region of the Middle East where Jesus Christ was born.
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Still under a cloud for recent   remarks about Islam, Pope Benedict called on Thursday for   tolerance of other religions and cultures and said a rebirth of   faith could help foster this openness in western countries.
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Pope Benedict XVI called Sunday for an end to all wars, saying they were "useless slaughters" that bring hell to paradise on Earth.
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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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Pope John Paul told the world in  his Christmas message on Saturday that people were yearning for  peace everywhere around the globe and expressed particular  concern for Iraq, the Middle East and Africa.
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Seeking to end anger in the Islamic world over his remarks on holy war, Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim envoys Monday their two faiths must overcome historic enmities and together reject violence, saying the future of humanity is at stake.