Pope calls for 'gift of peace' in Mass
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Pope Benedict XVI marked the start of 2008 with an appeal Tuesday for world peace, calling it a "divine gift" and stressing the role family values play in nurturing peace.
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Pope Benedict, in his annual "state of the world" address, on Monday called on nations to make a global commitment on security in order to prevent terrorists from gaining access to nuclear weapons.
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Pope John Paul II on Monday called for more opposition to laws he sees as threatening families based on traditional marriage, urged a vast mobilization of the public worldwide to combat hunger and restated the Catholic church's ban on embryo stem cell use.
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Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for harmony in the diverse and sometimes fractious Roman Catholic Church, comparing it to a church organ in need of tuning.
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Pope John Paul II offered Christmas wishes Saturday for a world where he said timid but hopeful efforts at peace coexist with worries over over Iraq, the Holy Land and several tragic conflicts in Africa.
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Pope Benedict XVI issued a Christmas Day appeal Tuesday to political leaders around the globe to find the ''wisdom and courage'' to end bloody conflicts in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan and Congo.
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POPE John Paul today issued a new appeal for peace in Iraq and the Middle East, condemning the &quot;horror&quot; of violence as well as &quot;the terrorism that cruelly targets the innocent&quot;.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II expressed &quot;great apprehension&quot; about the war in Iraq and other world hot spots, as he delivered his annual Christmas Day message to thousands of followers in Rome&#39;s St Peter&#39;s Square.
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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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VATICAN CITY, Dec. 15 -- Pope Benedict XVI's personal priest asked the pontiff on Friday to declare a day of fasting and penance to express the Roman Catholic Church's solidarity with the victims of clerical sex abuse.
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Pope John Paul ushered in Christmas on Friday by lighting a candle for peace in his window and then celebrating midnight mass in a new test of the 84-year-old pontiff&#39;s frail health.
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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict said on   Monday that Christians and Muslims must reject violence, in an   unprecedented meeting with Islamic envoys to defuse anger at   his use of quotes saying their faith was spread by the sword.
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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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Worshippers brought hopes for greater peace in the coming year as they flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem and to St. Peter&#39;s in the Vatican to hear Christmas messages urging an end to violence, particularly in the Middle East.
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Pope John Paul II delivered his traditional Christmas plea for peace on Saturday in an address shortened this year - apparently because of his poor health - but packed
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At a midnight mass the Archbishop of Westminster says people are suffering as "billions" are spent on conflict.
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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.