Pope Prays Peace Efforts Will Take Root
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Pope John Paul II offered Christmas wishes Saturday for a world where he said timid but hopeful efforts at peace coexist with worries over over Iraq, the Holy Land and several tragic conflicts in Africa.
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VATICAN CITY  - In a Christmas shadowed by violence and the threat of conflict around the world, Pope John Paul II expressed &quot;great apprehension&quot; over the situation in Iraq but optimism at the outlook in the Palestinian crisis.
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Citing Iraq and the Holy Land, Pope John Paul II on Saturday urged the world to stop turning to violence in times of dispute, saying the only way to find peace is through negotiation.
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Pope John Paul ushered in the New Year with special prayers for the victims of the Asian tsunami on Saturday, the Catholic Church's World Day of Peace.
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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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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict assured   Muslims on Monday that he respected them and was committed to   dialogue as he met envoys to defuse anger at his use of quotes   saying their faith was spread by violence.
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A frail Pope John Paul II joined other ailing pilgrims Saturday for a weekend of prayer at a cliffside shrine to the Virgin Mary, where Roman Catholics seek hope, inner peace and miraculous cures.
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Pope Benedict XVI and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians prayed together in an Istanbul church Thursday, a service intended to underline their commitment to healing the 1,000-year-old rift between the two churches.
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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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LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy  - Pope Benedict made an appeal for peace on Sunday, saying nations should halt bloody conflicts around the world to create a heaven on earth.
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Pope John Paul will make a public  appearance to bless the faithful from his hospital suite on  Sunday but the Pontiff is not yet strong enough to read his  customary noon message.
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Pope Benedict told U.S. President George W. Bush on Saturday the Vatican would like a "regional and negotiated" solution conflicts in the Middle East, including the war in Iraq.
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Pope John Paul told the world in his Christmas message on Saturday that people were yearning for peace everywhere around the globe and expressed particular concern for Iraq, the Middle East and Africa.
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The Pope prays for victims of the Asian wave disaster at his annual New Year address in Rome.
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International pressure will be key to ending the crisis in Zimbabwe as domestic opponents of President Robert Mugabe have lost heart, the head of the country&#39;s Catholic church said Tuesday.
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Pope Benedict XVI marked the start of the Lenten season with an Ash Wednesday procession and a ceremony in which he urged the use of prayer to nourish hope.
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Pope Benedict XVI urged world leaders Wednesday to take in and care for refugees who seek asylum in their countries.