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  • July 2008

    • Pope to Kids: Spurn 'Spiritual Desert'

      Associated Press  |  Jul 20, 08 9:11 AM CDT

      Pope to Kids: Spurn 'Spiritual Desert'

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI called on young Christians to revive spirituality by rejecting modern society's greed and materialism, AP reports. At a mass of 350,000 young pilgrims in Sydney, and a global TV audience of millions, the pope called for "a new age in which hope liberates us from the shallowness, apathy, and self-absorption which deadens our souls." The mass concluded a six-day World Youth festival, which drew crowds from 160 countries. More »

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      religion  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Christianity  • Sydney  • Roman Catholicism  • Mass  • World Youth Day  • pilgrims

  • February 2008

    • 40 Iraq Shiite Pilgrims Killed in Blast

      BBC  |  Feb 24, 08 10:00 AM CST

      40 Iraq Shiite Pilgrims Killed in Blast

      (Newser) - At least 40 people were killed today when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest amid a crowd of Shiite pilgrims during a trek south of Baghdad. A tent where the marchers stopped for food exploded in Iskandariyah in the second attack on Arbaeen, a day when millions descend on Karbala to honor the grandson of the prophet Muhammad, who is buried there. More »

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      Iraq  • Shiite  • suicide bombing  • Sunni  • bomb  • Sunnis  • pilgrims  • Arbaeen  • pilgrimage

  • July 2007

    • Religious Pilgrims Perish in Bus Crash

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 22, 07 12:38 PM CDT

      Religious Pilgrims Perish in Bus Crash

      (Newser) - Twenty-six people died and 24 were injured today when a bus carrying religious pilgrims plunged off a bridge in the French Alps. Forty-nine Polish nationals and two drivers were on a tour of European Roman Catholic shrines when their coach slammed through a wall onto a riverbank and burst into flames, the Times of London reports. More »

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      France  • Catholic Church  • Poland  • pilgrims

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