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Pope has Parkinson's
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| Jan.4 |
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Surgeon denies Pope has Parkinson's
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| Jan.28 |
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Pope names more cardinals
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| Feb.20 |
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11 new Latin Cardinals
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| Mar.11 |
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Pope's mass beatification
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| Mar.20 |
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Priests sexually abuse nuns
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| Mar.24 |
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Pope John XXIII exhumed
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| Apr.8 |
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Crowds cheer Pope
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| Apr.11 |
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Vatican Radio given ultimatum
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| Apr.13 |
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Pope marks Good Friday
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| Apr.14 |
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Frail pope holds Easter vigil| Tired John Paul II has marked the Easter with a candlelit vigil in St. Peter's Basilica | |
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| Apr.24 |
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27 new martyrs
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| Apr.27 |
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Pope urges clemency for McVeigh
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| May.3 |
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Pope begins controversial tour
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| May.4 |
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Pope moves to heal ancient rift| John Paul II has asked God to forgive Catholics for sins committed against Orthodox Christians | |
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| May.7 |
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Pope visits Golan Heights John Paul II has called for peace and forgiveness in the rubble of Quneitra
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| May.8 |
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Pope lands in Malta on pilgrimage
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| May.18 |
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Frail Pope turns 81 John Paul II shows signs of Parkinson's disease.
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| May.21 |
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Cardinals consider Church's future
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Cardinals ring in church debate
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| May.23 |
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Cardinals discuss sexuality Cardinal A. Trujillo told the gathering that his department was preparing a lexicon on sexuality and the family
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| May.28 |
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Church punishes married archbishop Archbishop E. Milingo, 71, of Lusaka has stripped an archbishop after he married 43-year-old South Korean acupuncturist
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| Jun.3 |
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Pope's body moved to viewing spot The restored body of Pope John XXIII has been placed into St Peter's Basilica's main floor in a glass coffin
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| Jun.23 |
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Pope lands in Orthodox Ukraine| John Paul II visit that has angered followers of the Orthodox church. Pope is hoping to calm inter-church tensions | | |
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| Jul.23 |
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Pope meets Bush| John Paul II has urged U.S. President to reject medical research on human embryos | |
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| Jul.24 |
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War role inquiry suspended Jewish and Catholic historians have suspended research because the Vatican has failed to open archives
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| Aug.2 |
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Pope urges Arafat to end violence During a 25-minute meeting John Paul II has told Palestinian leader that the crisis had reached a point of unheard of violence
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| Aug.7 |
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Pope meets married archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, 71, defected from the Catholic church to sect of the Sun Myung Moon
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| Aug.14 |
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Married archbishop repents Emmanual Milingo, a Zambian archbishop, has renounced his marriage with a Korean woman
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| Aug.23 |
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Mother Teresa sainthood considered 35,000 pages attesting to the virtues and shortcomings of Mother Teresa have arrived in Monsignor Sarno's office
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| Aug.29 |
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Married archbishop returns to fold Emmanuel Milingo has met his wife, Korean acupuncturist M. Sung, to say he is staying with the Catholic church
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| Sep.22 |
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Pope brings message of peace John Paul has starts visit to Kazakhstan with a call for negotiation to settle conflicts
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Pope urges harmony between faiths John Paul II in the Kazakhstan capital Astana calls for harmony between Christians and Muslims
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| Sep.24 |
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Pope's Armenia trip threatens row John Paul II will meet the President Kocharian, and pay a visit to a memorial to Armenians killed in massacres in Turkey
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| Sep.26 |
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Pope avoids Armenia controversy John Paul II avoids the word 'genocide' for ethnic Armenians who died at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915
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| Nov.22 |
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Pope's Web apology over sex abuse| John Paul II in first Internet message has apologised to victims of sexual abuse by clergy | | |
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| Dec.20 |
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Pope approves creation of new saints John Paul II has cleared the way for the creation saint, one from 16th Century Mexico, the other 2 from 20th century Europe
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| Dec.24 |
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Pope gives Christmas Eve sermon John Paul II said this Christmas people were anxious and distressed
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| Dec.25 |
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Let us save the children, says pope John Paul II has dedicated much of his Christmas message to children suffering from conflicts
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