Pope makes parting plea to Spain's Catholics
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Pope Benedict XVI arrived back in Rome after a 26-hour visit to the Spanish city of Valencia to deliver a message to the faithful to defend the traditional family against sweeping secularism.
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Pope Benedict XVI appeals for renewed respect for Sundays during his final day of his visit to Austria.
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Pope Benedict XVI set aside his sermon and gave an encouraging talk to priests Thursday in the cathedral where he was ordained &#151; a spontaneous gesture ending a nostalgic, six-day homecoming to Bavaria.
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Pope Benedict told Muslims on Saturday he   was sorry they had found his speech on Islam offensive,   expressing his respect for their faith and hoping they would   understand the "true sense" of his words.
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Pope Benedict XVI hammered away at traditional family values during a visit to Spain on Saturday, challenging a Socialist government that has angered the Vatican by instituting liberal reforms such as gay marriage and fast-track divorce.
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The Pope will visit Italy's Adriatic coast for a beatification ceremony in his last journey of the year outside Rome.
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Pope John Paul appealed today for the release of the French and other hostages in Iraq, saying human beings could not be treated like merchandise.
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BRUSSELS One of 15 cardinals with Pope John Paul II during a weekend visit to a French shrine was quoted in Belgian news media on Monday as saying the ailing pontiff may have been making his farewells.
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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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MADRID, Oct 20 (IPS) - A group of Catholic theologians in Spain have   criticised the local Church leadership for lashing out against  the  legislative reforms promoted by the socialist government of  Prime Minister  JosÃ© Luis RodrÃ­guez Zapatero, which include  measures that would reduce the  financing that the Church  receives from the state.
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Pope Benedict told Muslims on   Saturday he was sorry they had found his speech on Islam   offensive, expressing his respect for their faith and hoping   they would understand the "true sense" of his words.
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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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"Basque society is fed up with ETA's decision"  Spain's prime minister met with the president of the Basque region Wednesday to discuss efforts to defeat the armed separatist group ETA, which announced an end to its cease-fire earlier this month.Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has been meeting with political leaders to seek support for the government's efforts to deal with ETA after attempts to negotiate a permanent end to the group's activities collapsed.After their two-hour meeting, Basque regional President Juan Jose Ibarretxe described the sense of frustration he said was gripping the northern region. Read more
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The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 released a cryptic statement Thursday wishing the hospitalized pontiff a speedy recovery and urging him to tell the world that its end was near.
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Pope John Paul appealed yesterday for the release of the French and other hostages in Iraq, saying human beings could not be treated like merchandise.
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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.
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Pope John Paul, echoing appeals by Muslim leaders, called Wednesday for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as France's foreign minister pressed on with a Middle East rescue mission.