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However, the Pontiff had been too busy and they had been forced to make do with an audience with one of his cardinals.

Indeed, the new pontiff was known to be sceptical of the value of that inter-religious dialogue dear to the heart of his predecessor.

In a statement issued first on his behalf and then twice in person, the pontiff expressed deep regret for the offence that had been taken.

The pontiff says it is difficult for him to understand how priests could betray their mission to children.

The pontiff also delivered comments in Spanish, recognizing a growing Catholic population in the United States.

The Vatican announced on Friday that the pontiff would have his own YouTube channel.

In the final remarks of his journey, the pontiff called on people here not to lose hope.

After entering the open "popemobile" , the pontiff was riding around the colonnade.

It's thought to be the first time the Pontiff has specifically apologized for the alleged offences.

She had tried to get to the pontiff on Christmas Eve in 2008, but was detained, Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said.

The 82-year-old pontiff balanced his purpose of pilgrimage with politics. The visit was less than peaceful at times.

The pontiff will lead the Easter Vigil service late Saturday and deliver his holiday address and traditional blessing on Sunday.

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During his six-day visit, the pontiff will celebrate large open-air masses and address the United Nations.

The label has in past years produced CDs of famous actors reciting poems composed by the late pontiff . Now, the Rev.

The Pontiff during World War II, he is accused by some historians of failing to speak out against the Holocaust.

The pontiff led the service from a towering white and gold altar erected in a new baseball stadium.

Locals suspect the pontiff wanted her much-loved "Buchteln" (marmalade-filled doughnuts) in heaven.

The letter challenges the pontiff to engage in the thing he says he wants most: a robust, courteous exchange about faith and reason.

Silence is the invisible laying on of the Divine Pontiff's hands upon the world.

In his homily the Pontiff focused on the ills of modern materialism .

His 81st birthday is Wednesday and Saturday will mark the third anniversary of his election as pontiff .

His 81th birthday is Wednesday and Saturday will mark the third anniversary of his election as pontiff.

The Pontiff also urged dialogue and brotherhood between faiths .

The Pontiff performed a feet-washing ceremony at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome.

The clip was quickly yanked from YouTube, because the Catholic Archdiocese says the toy pontiff was not wearing authentic attire.

His 81st birthday is WednesdayandSaturday will mark the third anniversary of his election as pontiff.

The 83-year-old pontiff stopped twice to bless babies held up by worshippers among the 10, 000-strong crowd.

On his arrival, the pontiff circled the park packed stadium in his popemobile.

Agca had publicly vowed to kill the pope during the pontiff's 1979 visit to Turkey.

But they also take the pontiff to task on lots of things.

In 2009, Midnight Mass was interrupted when 25-year-old Susanna Maiolo jumped a barrier and knocked the pontiff down.

The pontiff says he hopes to alert people to the issue of climate change.

So that the prayer of the blesses also the new pontiff.

It will mark his first visit to the US as pontiff.

That is deeply embarrassing for the elderly men who now run the church, including the 83-year-old pontiff.

The two Muslim religions (Shi'a and Sunni) resemble Orthodoxy, but the Caliph himself is the chief pontiff, and they can call for Jihad.

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But the pontiff says that promise was not fulfilled for all in America.

On Thursday, the pontiff washed the feet of 12 inmates of a juvenile detention center in Rome,