Pope Celebrates Mass for Tsunami Victims
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Pope John Paul II celebrated a special Mass early Saturday in his private chapel for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunamis and later publicly praised the outpouring of aid for the stricken populations as a sign of hope for 2005.
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LONDON: Some 2,000 people crammed into London&#39;s Westminster Cathedral yesterday for a mass in memory of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was taken hostage and is believed slain by her abductors.
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VATICAN CITY  - Pope John Paul II celebrated the traditional midnight mass at the Vatican with special prayers for peace in the region of the Middle East where Jesus Christ was born.
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Governments around the world, as well as non-profit organizations, are pledging support for victims of Sunday&#39;s massive earthquake and resulting tsunamis that have affected more than a million
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Scotland's faith communities will gather to pray for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - A legion of ships and  planes delivered aid to millions of Asian tsunami survivors on  Saturday as New Year revellers around the world paused to mourn  victims of one of the worst disasters in living memory.
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Members of New England's Sri Lankan community came together in a Brighton church last night to remember their nation's enormous loss in this week's tsunami disaster, which claimed an estimated 30,000 lives in that country alone.
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Pope Benedict XVI pressed ahead with his appeals for a unified church Thursday as he a celebrated a Mass in St. Peter&#039;s Basilica attended by a delegation of Orthodox Christians.
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Pilgrims streaming into Islam's holy city for the annual hajj prayed for the 157,000 people killed in last month's tsunami that devastated southern Asia, asking God to give survivors the courage to cope.
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Pope John Paul condemned the  "vile" trafficking of children and prayed for the youngest  victims of the Asia tsunami disaster on Thursday, the Catholic  feast day of the Epiphany.
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CALANG, Indonesia  - Hundreds of Indonesians prayed at mass graves in Aceh province on Wednesday, while in Thailand Buddhist monks held a ceremony to remember the many thousands who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami three years ago.
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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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A huge crowd attended a mass  with Pope Benedict in Poland on Sunday as he prepared to visit  the Auschwitz death camp to pray as leader of the world&#039;s Roman  Catholics and a &quot;son of Germany.&quot;
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LOURDES, France - A frail Pope John Paul II, breathing heavily and gasping at times, celebrated an open-air Mass on Sunday for several hundred thousand pilgrims, many in wheelchairs, at a shrine to the Virgin Mary that is associated with miraculous cures.    At one point he said "help me" in Polish while struggling through his homily in French...
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a giant mass Sunday at Loreto -- home to one of Italy&#39;s most cherished Christian shrines -- by appealing to young people to eschew pride, violence and consumerism.
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CALANG, Indonesia  - Hundreds of Indonesians prayed at mass graves in Aceh province on Wednesday to remember relatives who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami three years ago.
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Devotees held Roman Catholic Masses, candle processions and interfaith prayers Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor in this eastern Indian city.