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VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II offered his thanks to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, for being close to him in her lifetime and for courageously showing the world what it means to love and serve Jesus completely...

PARIS (CNS): A French cardinal said he opposed a proposed law that would allow Muslim girls to wear veils in state schools...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): In his first meeting with the new head of the Anglican Communion, Pope John Paul II expressed concern that ecumenical relations face new tensions as Anglicans consider the implications of the ordination of an openly gay bishop in the United States...

POPE John Paul II has one of the most intense weeks of his pontificate ahead of him...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II's closest aide has downplayed concerns about the pontiff's health, but an Austrian cardinal said the Pope is approaching "the last days and months of his life"...

A 10-SECOND face-to-face encounter with Pope John Paul II remains a vivid childhood memory for a young Brisbane woman...

ROME (CNS): A proposed Vatican document on liturgical norms was sent back to its drafting committee after cardinals and bishops raised some objections and encouraged some changes...

VATICAN CITY (Zenit): Pope John Paul II named 30 new cardinals on September 28, including seven officials in the Roman Curia, and announced they would get their red hats at a consistory on October 21...

Football and religion are set to forge a powerful partnership during the Rugby World Cup in Australia, as KARL BRIEN reports :.