Pope Beatifies Three on Adriatic Coast
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Pope John Paul has traveled to Italy&#39;s Adriatic coast northeast of Rome to beatify two devout Italians and a Spaniard who lived and died in the 20th century, placing them on the road to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
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The Pope, looking tired and speaking with difficulty, yesterday ploughed into fresh controversy by announcing two startling beatifications.
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Pope Benedict, pursuing a journey of fence-mending with Islam and Turkey, on Wednesday pays tribute to one of Christianity's most revered sites before heading to Istanbul, city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.
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Pope John Paul II traveled to a hilltop shrine near the Adriatic Sea Sunday to celebrate an open-air Mass attended by tens of thousands of pilgrims.
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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 Benedict XVI briefly expanded on the Vaticanâs increasing focus on the environment at the end of a three-day visit to Austria.
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Turks praised Pope Benedict on  Wednesday for moves to bridge the divide between Christians and  Muslims as he began the part of his Turkey trip that is devoted  to Christian issues.
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(Vatican City-AP) Nov. 27, 2004 - Pope John Paul has handed over centuries-old relics of two Orthodox saints to the spiritual leader of the world&#39;s Orthodox Christians.
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Pope John Paul II is moving five Catholics closer to sainthood. Those who were beatified include Austria's last reigning emperor and a German nun whose visions of Christ's suffering helped inspire Mel Gibson's ...
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Via libera all'apertura della causa di beatificazione
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Pope John Paul spent a peaceful,  third night in hospital, but his recovery from influenza and  breathing problems is likely to be slow, Italian media reported  on Friday.
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Pope John Paul II ( bio - news ) will travel to Loreto, Italy, on Sunday, September 5, for a Mass and beatification ceremony that will conclude the annual pilgrimage of Italian Catholic Action.
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In a gesture of friendship with the Orthodox Church, Pope John Paul II on Saturday handed over the bones of two early Christian saints that were brought to Rome from ancient Constantinople centuries ago.
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BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro  - Serbia-Montenegro's president said Wednesday he is preparing an invitation for Pope John Paul to visit the Balkan country.
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Pope John Paul beatified the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and four European nuns and clerics Sunday in an open-air ceremony at St.
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ASSISI, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI made a pilgrimage to the birthplace of St. Francis yesterday, lamenting the violence in the Middle East and decrying "the illusion" that force could resolve conflicts.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II on Sunday honored two figures linked to controversy, beatifying a German mystic whose violent visions of Christ's suffering helped inspire Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" and an Austrian emperor whose troops used poison gas.    Beatification is the last formal step in the Catholic Church before the possible conferring of sainthood, and John Paul has now beatified a record 1,338 faithful in his quest to give believers new models of sanctity...