Pope returns rare icon to Russia
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A Vatican cardinal returns a precious Russian icon to the  Orthodox Church in Moscow as a gift from the Pope.
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VATICAN CITY -- Returning to the world's most storied pulpit for the first time since his hospitalization, Pope John Paul II addressed a sea of worshipers yesterday from his studio on St. Peter's Square and gave with his presence what no cardinal's words could deliver: a strong assurance that he is on the rebound.
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News Wednesday, March 14, 2007. Issue 3614. Page 2. AP President Vladimir Putin greeting Pope Benedict XVI before a meeting at the Vatican on Tuesday.Comment
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Citta&#39; del Vaticano, 28 ago. - (Adnkronos) - L&#39;Icona della Madonna di Kazan e&#39; giunta stamane nella Cattedrale della Dormizione di Mosca, accolta dal Patriarca di Mosca e di tutte le Russie, Alessio II. Il
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MUNICH -- Pope Benedict XVI returned to his homeland yesterday in what he described as a joyous personal journey, but one that highlights the decline of traditional Roman Catholicism in the heart of Europe.
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Pope Benedict made a triumphant  return on Saturday to Munich, where he served as archbishop for  five years, and told the cheering crowds he was deeply moved to  come back to his Bavarian homeland.
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A meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Russian President Vladimir Putin next week will benefit Russia's small Catholic community, the pope's envoy to Moscow said on Vatican radio Saturday. He declined to say in a separate interview whether he expected Putin to invite Benedict to Moscow.
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Orthodox Patriarch Alexiy has hailed the return of a Russian icon thought &quot;lost forever&quot;, kissing a Catholic envoy dispatched to improve centuries of strained ties and possibly paving the way for a papal visit.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul is returning centuries-old relics of two Orthodox Christian saints in an effort to bridge the divide between the two churches.
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MOSCOW -- Last May, Maria Paphiti, an icons specialist at Christie's auction house in London, was invited to inspect some religious paintings on wood that were among the contents of a building recently bought by an English family. The artworks had been found wrapped in plastic, and the building's...
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Pontiff blesses photograph of missing four-year-old.
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Pope John Paul II greeted the faithful Sunday from his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, returning to the world's most famous pulpit for the first time since a health crisis led to his emergency hospitalization.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Pope Benedict in a new effort to heal the Vatican-Orthodox rift.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict made an emotional   return to his Bavarian homeland on Saturday, saying his first   visit since being elected head of the Roman Catholic Church 17   months ago filled him with memories.
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A massive Russian church bell that hung for decades at Harvard was returned to a Moscow monastery Wednesday, nearly 80 years after it and 17 others were rescued from Stalin's religious purges by a U.S. industrialist.
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Pope John Paul II has returned the relics of two saints stolen during the crusades to the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, during a mass in Rome.
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Pope John Paul returned relics of two early Christian saints to the Patriarch of Constantinople Saturday in another bid to warm ties with eastern Orthodoxy.