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Last Message
'Love converts Hearts, brings peace'
An aide to Pope John Paul II has read out the dead pontiff's last message to pilgrims, in which he said "love converts hearts and gives peace," at a special mass in his memory in St Peter's Square.
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Asian leaders salute his legacy
In packed churches across the Philippines, hidden underground congregations in China and the quake-hit ruins of the Indonesian island of Nias, Catholics in Asia Sunday mourned Pope John Paul II.
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No clear front-runner to succeed pope
The intense guessing game over who will be the next pope has only one certainty: the cardinals must decide whether to follow John Paul II with another non-Italian or hand the papacy back to its traditional
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Grieving Poland seeks comfort in prayer
Poland yesterday mourned the death of its most beloved son, Pope John Paul II, with thousands in the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country flocking to places of worship seeking to ease their grief through
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Papal funeral rites to last nine days
The funeral rites for deceased popes last nine days, with burial set between four and six days after their death, in rules that Pope John Paul II laid down himself nine years ago.
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UN troops kill 38 militias during Congo raid
UN troops killed up to 38 militia fighters during a raid by hundreds of peacekeepers backed by helicopter gunships in the Ituri district of eastern Congo Saturday, a UN military source said.
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