Pope struggles through beatification ceremony at Italian shrine
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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.
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Pope John Paul arrives on Italy's Adriatic coast to beatify three future saints, on his last journey of the year.
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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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The last emperor of Austria, Karl I, will be beatified by Pope John Paul today amid fierce political and religious argument over how saintly he really was.
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LOURDES -- His voice weak, his legs unsteady as he knelt in prayer, Pope John Paul II joined thousands of other ailing pilgrims yesterday at a cliffside shrine known for its miraculous cures, telling them that he shared in their physical suffering and assuring them that the burden was part of God's &quot;wondrous plan.&quot;
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Pope John Paul has traveled to Italy&#39;s Adriatic coast northeast of Rome to beatify two devout Italians and a Spaniard who lived and died in the 20th century, placing them on the road to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI faced a growing chorus of demands yesterday for an unequivocal apology for remarks seen as portraying Islam as a violent faith, despite attempts by Western leaders and church officials to defuse the crisis.
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Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams acknowledged Thursday that there were "serious obstacles" on the path to closer ties between Catholics and Anglicans, reflecting tensions over Anglicans' blessings of same-sex unions and steps to ordain female bishops.
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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 Benedict XVI faces a delicate balancing act in Turkey as he tries to improve Christian-Muslim ties.
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Pope Benedict XVI on Friday prayed at a sanctuary in this village in central Italy that holds a veil some Christians believe was used to wipe blood and sweat from Jesus' face on his way to his crucifixion and bears his image on the cloth.
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Pope John Paul II is moving five Catholics closer to sainthood. Those who were beatified include Austria's last reigning emperor and a German nun whose visions of Christ's suffering helped inspire Mel Gibson's ...
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The sudden hospitalization of Pope  John Paul was another reminder, if any were needed, that one of  the longest and most event-studded pontificates in history may  be coming to a close.
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The Vatican held the biggest mass beatification in history on Sunday, putting nearly 500 Catholics killed during the Spanish civil war on the path to possible sainthood.
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The Vatican fails to quell Muslim anger after Pope Benedict XVI is accused of making anti-Islamic remarks.
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Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledged on Thursday that issues such as women priests and gay bishops in the Anglican Church were serious obstacles to unity.
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Recalling the horror the nation felt when its first hostage was killed in Iraq, word that a second Italian hostage was slain brought condemnation from the pope Friday and fueled debate over Italy's role in the war-torn country.