Pope Has Difficulty Speaking During Audiences
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A tired looking Pope John Paul had  difficulty reading his addresses Thursday at audiences with  Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Romanian President Ion  Iliescu.
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Italy's president began slurring his words and had to interrupt a speech he was giving Monday because of sudden weakness that he blamed on a drop in blood pressure.
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The pope had only said he was ÂsorryÂ for the ÂreactionÂ to a speech discussing Islam last week, noted some Muslims.
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Pope John Paul II showed his illness has become a part of his message during a draining pilgrimage to Lourdes, raising more questions over how long he can last, but the extent of his Parkinson's disease did not diminish a strong political content in his speeches.
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ISTANBUL -- Turkey's top Islamic cleric asked Pope Benedict XVI yesterday to take back recent remarks he made about Islam and unleashed a string of counteraccusations against Christianity, raising tensions before the pontiff's November visit -- his first to a Muslim country.
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Pope John Paul II's deteriorating health has churchmen wondering what might happen if he can no longer carry out his papal duties and doctors questioning when that might happen.
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Pope John Paul II, suffering from fever and influenza for several days, was admitted to a hospital because of difficulty breathing.
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Some Catholic Church activists in Austria accused Pope Benedict of devoting too little time to hear ordinary churchgoers' concerns during a visit starting on Friday and said he was risking losing more of his flock.
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A frail but determined pope delivered his traditional Christmas sermon in Rome's St.
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Serious obstacles impede closer ties between Roman Catholics and Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said as they reflected over issues such as women and gays in the priesthood.
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Pope Benedict faced a growing   chorus of demands on Tuesday for an unequivocal apology for   remarks seen as portraying Islam as a violent faith, despite   attempts by Western leaders and churchmen to defuse the crisis.
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Pope Benedict XVI has called on Australians to address the social divisions that have left hundreds of thousands of Aborigines living in dire poverty.
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Pope John Paul led the world's one  billion Roman Catholics into Christmas Day and said the  troubled world needed the message of Jesus more than ever,  braving Parkinson's Disease to deliver his sermon.
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Pope John Paul is not yet strong  enough to read his entire traditional noon message on Sunday  and looks set to miss Ash Wednesday services for the first time  in his papacy.
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A man leaped over a barricade during Pope Benedict's weekly audience on Wednesday and tried to jump on to his moving popemobile but was stopped by guards.
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Pope John Paul, looking weak and barely  able to talk, appeared at his hospital window on Sunday for the  first time since he was taken ill and said through an aide that  he was still "serving the Church and all humanity."
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Pope Benedict XVI. Photograph: AFP. Gordon Brown will have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI today during a trip to Rome to launch a vaccination scheme for children in the developing world.Comment