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VALLETTA, Malta (CNS): On the last day of his pilgrimage in the footsteps of St Paul, Pope John Paul II beatified three Maltese Catholics and called them guides for the Church's future...

FATIMA, Portugal, (Zenit): More than 600,000 people crowded the Marian shrine here on the 84th anniversary of the first of the 1917 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin...

DAMASCUS, Syria (CNS): On a pilgrimage highlighted by bold ecumenical and interreligious gestures, Pope John Paul II reached across centuries of division to Orthodox Christians in Greece and Muslims in Syria...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS): A student dormitory at Bethlehem University was hit by gunfire twice in two weeks, with bullets entering a student's dorm room during the latest incident...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Fifteen years later, Ukraine's Chernobyl disaster serves to remind humanity that scientific and technological progress must respect human needs and nature, Pope John Paul II said...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II said world leaders must slow and control the forces of globalisation to protect human rights and cultural diversity...

MANCHESTER, England (CNS): A committee set up by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales to review child protection procedures has recommended police checks on all clergy, staff and volunteers within the Church...

HONG KONG (CNS): The Sacrament of Reconciliation is so popular among Chinese Catholics, particularly in rural areas, that hundreds or even thousands are lining up for confessions on major Church feasts...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope John Paul II said Christianity offers ultimate answers to the people of Japan, where affluence and a consumerist mentality have been accompanied by a growing spiritual uneasiness...