Pope John Paul II Calls for Peace in Christmas Day Message
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Pope John Paul II called for an ``end to the spread of violence&#39;&#39; and for support to ``sustain the efforts to build peace&#39;&#39; in his annual Christmas Day message.
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Pope John Paul told the world in  his Christmas message on Saturday that people everywhere were  yearning for peace and expressed particular concern for Iraq,  the Middle East and 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 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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Thousands of pilgrims and a new Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town of Jesus's birth Saturday with prayers for peace after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Thousands of pilgrims and a new Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town of Jesus&#39;s birth yesterday with prayers for peace after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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ASSISI, Italy  - Pope Benedict on Sunday made one of his strongest peace appeals, calling for an end to all wars and saying the people of the Middle East have had enough of "the horrors of combat, terrorism and blind violence."
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Pope Benedict XVI said Friday that he does not plan to intervene diplomatically in the Middle East fighting, but called on people of all religions to join Sunday's worldwide day of prayers for peace.
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Pope John Paul II vowed Sunday to continue his mission despite his latest health crisis, telling the faithful from the hospital in a message read by an archbishop that he was grateful for their prayers and affection.
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Christians around the world celebrated Christmas Saturday with Pope John Paul II leading prayers for peace and a more tranquil future, as pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem, and Iraqis stayed away from church amid fears of bomb attacks.
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ASSISI, Italy  - Pope Benedict made one of his strongest peace appeals on Sunday, calling for an end to all wars and saying the people of the Middle East have had enough of "the horrors of combat, terrorism and blind violence".
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The Archbishop of Canterbury will use his Christmas sermon to call for more "reverence" of people and the planet.
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Hundreds of millions people around the world celebrated on Saturday the birth of Jesus Christ as appeals rang out from Jesus&#39; birthplace in Bethlehem to the Vatican for peace in the Middle East.
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Valls was quoted as saying "many thanked the pope for all that he said about peace in the world, above all on the subject of preventive war." In the run-up to the U.S.-led Iraq war, John Paul spoke out ...
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President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma wished a Merry Christmas to followers of the Roman Catholic, Reformatory and Lutheran Churches.
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Pope John Paul II made a rare allusion to his personal struggle with aging and illness, saying in a Christmas address Tuesday that each passing year brings a greater need for help from God.
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As the faithful marked Christmas Day, political and religious leaders called for peace and reconciliation amid flickers of hope in places long plagued by conflict.