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Pope talks of suffering during Good Friday TV show

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI consoled a 7-year-old Japanese girl, reassured a mother about her ailing son's soul and advised a Muslim woman that dialogue was the way to peace in Ivory Coast.

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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday. Later Friday the pontiff is expected at the ancient Colosseum in Rome for the traditional Way of the Cross procession.

The pontiff's words came during an unusual Good Friday question and a...

 

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