<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Pope John Paul II: News &amp; Videos about Pope John Paul II - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Pope_John_Paul_II</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Pope John Paul II from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:09:46 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Pope John Paul II: News &amp; Videos about Pope John Paul II - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/05/09/pope.allen.commentary/tztop.pope.mideast.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Pope_John_Paul_II</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Pope John Paul II from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Analysis: Pope's message to Muslims might prove risky</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/09/pope.allen.commentary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/09/pope.allen.commentary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For more than 20 years, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then the Vatican's top doctrinal czar, was the intellectual architect of the papacy of John Paul II.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 19:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sainthood</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849474,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849474,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As Pope Benedict XVI announced the ascendance of four new saints, a look back at how the guiding lights of the Catholic faith are identified</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Padre Pio, Pope Benedict: Soul Mates?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735353,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735353,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Not exactly. John Paul II may have been simpatico with the Capuchin miracle worker, but Benedict prefers his saints on the cerebral side</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Forgiving Rajiv Gandhi's Assassin 
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</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The passion of the pope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/19/cover.story.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/19/cover.story.tm/index.html</guid><description>(Time.com) -- It was not a laid-back Turkish holiday. The citizens of the proud, predominantly Muslim nation had no love of Popes. 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Many also offered their thoughts on the selection of Pope Benedict XVI. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: North America</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/20/feedback.north.america/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/20/feedback.north.america/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked users to share their thoughts about the political, spiritual, economic and other global issues the next pope will face. 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Apr 2005 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Allen: John Paul, Benedict 'very different men'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/allen/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/allen/index.html</guid><description>Before Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger assumed the title of Pope Benedict XVI, he earned the nickname "Cardinal No" for policing the boundaries of Roman Catholic teachings.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Catholics react to announcement of new pope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/pope.catholic.react/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/pope.catholic.react/index.html</guid><description>Roman Catholics reacted quickly to Tuesday's announcement that conservative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany had been chosen the 265th pontiff of the church -- Benedict XVI.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ratzinger a close confidant of John Paul II</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/ratzinger.profile/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/ratzinger.profile/index.html</guid><description>The newly elected Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, was one of the most powerful men in the Vatican under Pope John Paul II, a strict enforcer of church doctrine who earned the nickname "Cardinal No."</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>German cardinal elected new pope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/pope.tuesday/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/19/pope.tuesday/index.html</guid><description>Wearing traditional papal robes and a large smile, Joseph Ratzinger of Germany appeared Tuesday on a Vatican balcony as the 265th pontiff, Benedict XVI, as tens of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square to cheer 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farewell</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/12/pope.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/12/pope.tm/index.html</guid><description>Patience is hardly the signal virtue of our age.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protests planned for controversial cardinal's Mass</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/10/cardinal.law/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/10/cardinal.law/index.html</guid><description>Several members of an advocacy group for victims of priest sexual abuse were flying to Rome Sunday to protest Cardinal Bernard Law's celebration of a Mass honoring the late Pope John Paul II, the organization's founder said Saturday night.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Faithful mourn pope at 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</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/pope.pilgrims/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/pope.pilgrims/index.html</guid><description>The millions of people who flocked to Rome for Pope John Paul II's funeral endured the confusion of a suddenly overcrowded city, hours with barely a chance to sit down, and perhaps the longest lines they'll ever stand in.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thousands remember pope in Krakow</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/pope.poland/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/pope.poland/index.html</guid><description>Hundreds of thousands of people have been gathering in a Krakow field and clogged Poland's city streets to watch coverage of the funeral of Pope John Paul II, a man revered as a national hero in his homeland.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bittermann: John Paul II a hard act to follow</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/otsc.bittermann/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/otsc.bittermann/index.html</guid><description>Tens of thousands of people packed St. Peter's Square on Friday for Pope John Paul II's funeral, while millions of others worldwide watched on television, a testament to his immense popularity.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Document in casket tells of pope's life</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/pope.document/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/pope.document/index.html</guid><description>A document buried along with Pope John Paul II provides biographical details about him. The Latin document, called "Il Roggito," was placed in a lead tube inside his casket.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Events to follow the funeral of Pope John Paul II</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/ritual.pope.death/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/ritual.pope.death/index.html</guid><description>The events to follow the death and funeral of Pope John Paul II are laid out by a script the pontiff drew up his 1996 "apostolic constitution," Universi Dominici Gregis, along with traditions set during previous turnovers.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eyewitness: A week in Rome</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/week.in.rome/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/week.in.rome/index.html</guid><description>The mood on the Via della Conciliazione has been changing throughout the week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope John Paul II buried in Vatican crypt</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/pope.funeral/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/08/pope.funeral/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II was buried Friday in a crypt under St. Peter's Basilica after a funeral Mass that millions of people around the world watched.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 04:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vatican prepares for pope's funeral</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/07/pope.funeral/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/07/pope.funeral/index.html</guid><description>Thousands of mourners, including many world leaders, will gather at the Vatican Friday to pay their final respects at the funeral Mass for Pope John Paul II.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 23:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>John Paul II pondered his fate in 2000</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/07/pope.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/07/pope.main/index.html</guid><description>In 2000, Pope John Paul II pondered whether the new millennium would mark the end of his pontificate and considered having his funeral in his Polish homeland, according to his spiritual testament, which the Vatican published Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 06:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NYSE to remember Pope on Friday</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/05/markets/nyse_pope/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/05/markets/nyse_pope/index.htm</guid><description>The New York Stock Exchange will honor the late Pope John Paul II with a moment of silence before Friday's opening bell, the exchange said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pilgrims overwhelm Polish transport</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/05/pope.poland/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/05/pope.poland/index.html</guid><description>Unprecedented numbers of Poles are overwhelming their country's transport system as they attempt to make it to the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope John Paul II.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 07:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hundreds of thousands say goodbye</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/05/pope.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/05/pope.main/index.html</guid><description>As a line of mourners stretched for miles Tuesday to file past Pope John Paul II's body in St. Peter's Basilica, tributes also were being observed across the globe, including the pope's native Poland.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Castro signs pope's condolence book</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/04/pope.castro/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/04/pope.castro/index.html</guid><description>Cuban President Fidel Castro added his name Monday to the long list of Cubans who have signed a condolence book at the Vatican Embassy in Havana after the death of Pope John Paul II.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope John Paul II 1920-2005</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/04/defender.faith.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/04/defender.faith.tm/index.html</guid><description>"But if there be truth in me, it should explode. I cannot reject it; I would be rejecting myself." --Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope, in 1961</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2005 21:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Great Communicators</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/04/great.communicators/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/04/great.communicators/index.html</guid><description>On his June 1987 visit to the Vatican, President Ronald Reagan greeted Pope John Paul ll: "Your Holiness, I am truly grateful to have the opportunity to visit with you again in this place of peace."</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2005 20:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Events that follow pope's death</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/04/pope.next/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/04/pope.next/index.html</guid><description>The events to follow the death of Pope John Paul II are laid out by a script the pontiff himself drew up his 1996 "apostolic constitution," Universi Dominici Gregis, along with traditions set during previous turnovers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mourners file past pope's body</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/04/pope.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/04/pope.main/index.html</guid><description>Thousands of mourners filed past as the body of Pope John Paul II lay in state in St. Peter's Basilica after cardinals Monday began the process of choosing a new leader for the world's 1 billion Catholics.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Account: Pope's last word was 'amen'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/03/oconnell/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/03/oconnell/index.html</guid><description>An intimate group of people were by Pope John Paul II's bedside at the Vatican when he died Saturday night. Two accounts say the pontiff's final utterance was "amen," the traditional close of a prayer. The translation is: "May it be so."</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope to lie in state at St. Peter's</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.monday/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.monday/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II's body will be moved Monday to the Sala Bologna at St. Peter's Basilica, where the pontiff will lie in state until his funeral, to be held in four to six days.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 22:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: Remembering the pope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.pope/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.pope/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked its readers to share their thoughts on Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: Australia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.australia/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.australia/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: Europe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.europe/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.europe/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked its readers to share their thoughts about the death of Pope John Paul II. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: South America</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.south.america/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.south.america/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: Asia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.asia/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.asia/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: Africa</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.africa/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.africa/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: North America</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.north.america/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/feedback.north.america/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World's press honors pope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.press/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.press/index.html</guid><description>The world's press united in honoring the late Pope John Paul II Sunday, with even critics of his conservative social message recognizing his place as a man of huge importance in modern times.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 11:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope John Paul II: CNN video log</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.videos/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.videos/index.html</guid><description>Follow CNN's video coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II. (Please note that video viewing is a premium service available to NewsPass subscribers or users of some broadband providers only.)</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 08:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clergy, dignitaries pay respects to pope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.main/index.html</guid><description>Cardinals, archbishops and diplomatic dignitaries solemnly filled the Sala Clementina of the Apostolic Palace to pay their respects Sunday to Pope John Paul II, his body dressed in red and white papal robes with his bishop's staff under one arm.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 06:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Church bells announced pope's death in Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.cuba/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.cuba/index.html</guid><description>Church bells rang out on the Communist island of Cuba Saturday to announce the death of Pope Paul II, the only pontiff ever to visit the country. He went there in January 1998.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 05:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Events to follow the death of Pope John Paul II</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/ritual.pope.death/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/ritual.pope.death/index.html</guid><description>The events to follow the death of Pope John Paul II are laid out by a script the pontiff drew up his 1996 "apostolic constitution," Universi Dominici Gregis, along with traditions set during previous turnovers.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2005 22:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: 'A hero for the ages'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/02/bush.pope.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/02/bush.pope.transcript/index.html</guid><description>President Bush, with his wife, Laura, at his side, spoke briefly at the White House after he learned of the pope's death.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2005 22:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mail: Remembering the pope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/feedback.pope/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/feedback.pope/index.html</guid><description>CNN.com asked its users to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>World mourns Pope John Paul II</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/world.reax/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/world.reax/index.html</guid><description>World leaders have been paying tribute to Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. leaders pay tribute to pope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope.reaction/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope.reaction/index.html</guid><description>Here are statements from U.S. religious and political leaders on the death of Pope John Paul II:</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2005 20:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope's plight dominates world press</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope.saturdaypress/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope.saturdaypress/index.html</guid><description>Newspapers in Italy, and around the world, devoted most of their Saturday editions to the suffering of Pope John Paul II.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2005 08:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll finds strong support for pope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/01/pope.poll/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/01/pope.poll/index.html</guid><description>An overwhelming majority of Americans surveyed have a favorable opinion of Pope John Paul II, according to a phone poll conducted one month ago.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 23:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Vatican expert: Pope won't resign</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/31/pope.vatican/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/31/pope.vatican/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II is not considering resignation despite increasingly frail health, according to a Vatican expert.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope being fed through a tube</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/30/pope.monday/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/30/pope.monday/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II is being fed through a nasal tube in an effort to boost his calorie intake, the Vatican says.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope greets Palm Sunday pilgrims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/20/pope.appearance/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/20/pope.appearance/index.html</guid><description>A drawn-looking Pope John Paul II, unable to preside over Palm Sunday Mass for the first time in his 26-year papacy, waved an olive branch from his apartment window to tens of thousands of pilgrims who filled St. Peter's Square.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope speaks: 'Have a nice Sunday'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/09/pope/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/09/pope/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II has read a short blessing from a hospital window in Rome, his first public statement since undergoing throat last month.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope expected back by Easter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/07/pope/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/07/pope/index.html</guid><description>The Vatican has said it expects Pope John Paul II to be released from a Rome hospital in time for Holy Week activities leading up to Easter.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2005 11:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope blesses crowds from hospital</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/06/pope/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/06/pope/index.html</guid><description>For a second week, Pope John Paul II has blessed a cheering crowd gathered at his Rome hospital, where he is recovering from breathing problems, as the traditional Angelus blessing was conducted in his absence at St. Peter's Square.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2005 11:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope 'may return to Vatican by Easter'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/03/pope/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/03/pope/index.html</guid><description>The condition of Pope John Paul II, hospitalized since last week for breathing problems, "continues to improve," the Vatican has said in a statement.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope recovering well - Vatican</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/28/pope/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/28/pope/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II is recovering without complications in hospital following his tracheotomy operation, the Vatican has said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope waves from hospital window</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/27/pope.sunday/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/27/pope.sunday/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II, hospitalized since Thursday and unable to speak since undergoing a tracheotomy, appeared briefly in the window of his hospital room Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Vatican: Pope to follow Sunday blessing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/26/pope/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/26/pope/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II, hospitalized since Thursday and unable to speak since undergoing a tracheotomy, will follow Sunday's traditional Angelus blessing from his hospital room, Vatican officials said early Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope reads address in strong voice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/20/pope.health/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/20/pope.health/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II read his weekly address to the faithful Sunday in a relatively strong voice, 10 days after being released from a hospital where he was treated for breathing difficulties.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope gives blessing at St. Peter's</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/13/pope.health/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/13/pope.health/index.html</guid><description>Just two days after leaving hospital, Pope John Paul II has greeted the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear the papal message.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope gives blessing from hospital</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/06/pope.health/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/06/pope.health/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II, in a voice weakened by a respiratory infection, has delivered a blessing to a crowd gathered outside his hospital.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope 'improving,' to give blessing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/05/pope.health/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/02/05/pope.health/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul II appears to feeling better and he was eager to return to work, according to a bishop who visited the pontiff Saturday at the Rome hospital where he is being treated for a respiratory infection.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2005 09:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>3-minute silence for dead, missing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/05/europe.silence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/05/europe.silence/index.html</guid><description>Much of Europe fell silent for three minutes on Wednesday as busy rail stations, stock exchanges, offices and shops paused to mourn the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 05:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Q&amp;amp;A: Pope marks 84th birthday</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/18/pope.vinci/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/18/pope.vinci/index.html</guid><description>Pope John Paul celebrates his 84th birthday on Tuesday.  CNN International Anchor Ralitsa Vasileva asked CNN's Rome Bureau Chief Alessio Vinci how the pontiff and the Vatican plan to mark the occasion.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2004 10:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>And Perhaps a Furby to Go With Your Fuhrer?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/10/259533/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/10/259533/index.htm</guid><description>One man's synergy is another man's mirth. 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