Washington Post
JERUSALEM — Despite his best efforts, Pope Benedict XVI found the peace and unity he seeks on his pilgrimage to Israel more than a little elusive on his first full day in the country.
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Christian tourists walk past a billboard with a photo of Pope Benedict XVI in Bethlehem, West Bank, May 10, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in the Holy Land tomorrow and will conduct a Papal Mass in Manger Square outside the Church of Nativity on …
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BBC News
By Duncan Kennedy Pope Benedict promised he would go to the earthquake region in central Italy and now he has fulfilled his word. He spent several hours touring villages and neighbourhoods where buildings have collapsed.
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Times Online
Pope Benedict XVI is to visit the Abruzzo earthquake zone on 1 May, a week before his trip to the Holy Land, according to rescue workers in the L'Aquila area.
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AllAfrica.com
A priest I spoke to last week was so incensed by the media's coverage of Pope Benedict's comments on condoms he wished, jokingly though, that the Vatican would next time bar reporters of a certain international news organization from the papal plane.
France 24
Times Online
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Times Online
After a shaky start to his African trip thanks to the row over Aids and condoms, Pope Benedict XVI is today heading for a guaranteed warm welcome in Angola, a former Portuguese colony where ten million people - over half the population - are Catholic.
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Voice of America
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BBC News
By Louise Redvers Pope Benedict XVI is set to get a rapturous welcome when he arrives in Angola, where more than half the population is Catholic.
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New York Times
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