World Racked by Political, Social 'Evil' -- Pope
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Social and political evil is  spreading through the world, causing war, injustice, violence  and desperation, Pope John Paul said in his annual peace  message on Thursday.
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The world's media outlets should use their power to promote peace and understanding and to mobilize aid during natural disasters, as happened following the recent tsunami in Asia, Pope John Paul II said in a message released Monday.
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In a letter, Pope Benedict acknowledged suffering by Catholics under Communist rule, but said it was time to forgive past wrongdoings.
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Viewpoint: Kidnapped journalists converting at gunpoint. The Pope quoting a 14th century Byzantine emperor. The sudden focus on forced conversions to Islam reflects a fundamental misreading of that religion's history
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VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul says the attacks on family values are growing more radical each day. The pope&#39;s targets in a Saturday speech to Italian family groups included initiatives he says &quot;confuse individual
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Pope Benedict XVI begins a three-day pilgrimage to Austria on Friday with a solemn tribute to Jewish Holocaust victims, and an appeal to diplomats serving with the U.N. nuclear agency and other international organizations.Ahead of his visit, Benedict's seventh foreign trip in two years as pope, the German-born pontiff spoke of his affection for Austria, a mostly Catholic country 'which has been near to me since my childhood.'But the pope, who visited and vacationed here often as a cardinal, faced a challenge: Many Austrian believers, disgusted by clergy sex scandals and deeply resentful of a government-imposed church tax, have grown cold _ and tens of thousands have left the church altogether. Read more
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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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Chicago Tribune - Surveying the world beyond the cloistered walls of its Roman enclave, the Vatican sees much to worry about: Terrorism, war, AIDS and poverty are ravaging the lives of many of its constituents around the globe.
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Pope Benedict XVI is "extremely upset" that Muslims have been offended by some of his words in a recent speech in Germany, the Vatican said Saturday.
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Pope John Paul led the world's one  billion Roman Catholics into Christmas Day and said the  troubled world needed the message of Jesus more than ever,  braving Parkinson's Disease to deliver his sermon.
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Pope John Paul II appealed for swift international aid to help thousands of victims from Sundays massive tidal waves that swamped coastal areas across southern Asia _ triggered by the worlds most powerful ...
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Pope John Paul II denounced the "imbalance" between the world's rich and poor Sunday and applauded efforts to eliminate hunger, like the recent U.N. initiative to increase funds for development.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Western societies are losing   their souls to scientific rationality and frightening believers   in the developing world who still fear God, Pope Benedict told   an open-air mass in Germany on Sunday.
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Pope Benedict said on Wednesday that Christians faced persecution, torture and death in some parts of the world and continued to be made martyrs for their faith.
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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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Pope Benedict is sorry Muslims   were offended by a speech on Islam that provoked fury around   the world and led to calls for the leader of the Catholic   church to apologize, an aide said on Saturday.
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Pope Benedict XVI issued a Christmas Day appeal Tuesday to political leaders around the globe to find the ''wisdom and courage'' to end bloody conflicts in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan and Congo.