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Prayers for Pope and for quake victims
1. Wide of people gathering at mass
2. Various of people at mass
3. Father leading mass
4. Various of mass, people singing
5. SOUNDBITE: (Bahasa Indonesian) Father Mihail Projo, Santa Maria Cathedral:
"In this mass we prayer mostly for...
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Vatican reacts to interview in which Pope criticised church's "small minded rules"
Pope Francis has warned that the Catholic Church's moral structure might "fall like a house of cards" if it doesn't balance its divisive rules about abortion, gays and contraception with the greater need to make it a merciful, more...
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Catholics observe Good Friday ceremonies in Cuba, Brazil and Nicaragua
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1. Pan of people gathered at beach
2. Wide of Passion of Christ play performance
3. Good Friday procession
4. Little girl dressed as angel
5. Men carrying replica of Christ on the cross
6. Wide of procession...
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Security tight ahead of visit by Pope Francis
Thousands of military and law enforcement personnel are expected to be part of the security cordon that will surround Pope Francis when he arrives in the Philippines on Thursday for a five-day pastoral and state visit.
Truckloads of army...
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Yushchenko gives speech to business leaders
1. Tilt down of exterior of US Chamber of Commerce
2. Wide of audience applauding Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian President:
"I understand that a lot of people...
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Reaction to news of Papal visit
Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will visit Bosnia-Herzegovina's capital Sarajevo in hopes of promoting brotherhood in the country that was ravaged by war two decades ago.
Several Sarajevo residents reacted with enthusiasm to the...
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San Salvador president on canonisation of Monsignor Oscar Romero and situation in El Salvador and Venezuela
El Salvador would welcome the canonisation of a Salvadoran Archbishop murdered in 1980, the country's new president Salvador Sanchez Ceren said after a private audience with Pope Francis on Friday.
"This is very good news for us because...
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ITALY: ROME: CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS POPE JOHN PAUL II
Spanish/Nat
Cuban Foreign Minister, Felipe Perez Roque, has met with Pope John Paul II and the Italian Prime Minister.
His visit to Italy has attracted particular attention due to the Cuban government's demands for the return of...
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MIDDLE EAST: PREPARATIONS FOR POPE'S VISIT
English/Nat
Preparations are in full swing in northern Israel ahead of the Pope's imminent visit to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian areas.
Pope John Paul II will visit two rival sites which are believed to be where Jesus was...
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BAVARIA: CHRISTIAN SOCIALISTS STRICT ABORTION CONTROLS PROPOSAL
Eng/Ger/Nat
Pope John Paul II's weekend trip to Germany comes amid a growing row over abortion in the conservative state of Bavaria.
The Christian Socialists who control the state government want to introduce strict abortion...
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Various reax, lawyer reax as Agca back in prison after court ruling
1. Wide of ship on the sea
2. People sitting in the park and looking at Istanbul cityscape
3. Wide of news stand
4. Various of man buying newspaper
5. Newspaper headline (Milliyet) saying "He is in the right place, where he belongs"...
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USA: EDWARD EGAN BECOMES ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK
English/Nat
Edward Egan has been installed as archbishop of New York during a prayer service at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
As archbishop of New York, Egan is the spiritual leader of nearly two and a-half (m) million Catholics and is...
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FRANCE: PARIS: POPE JOHN PAUL II VISIT UPDATE
French/Nat
Joking, listening to their thumping music and even staying up late at night with them, John Paul II sought on Saturday to inspire the world's young people to build a more caring society and bring new energy to his...
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CROATIA: ZAGREB: ARRIVAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
Zagreb, Croatia, 2 October 1998
1. Plane on Tarmac
2. Pope comes out and waves
3. Cutaway crowd
4. Pope walks down stairs
5. President Tudjman greets Pope
6. Cutaway
7. Pope and Tudjman
8. Cutaway crowd
9. Wide shot Pope
10. Cutaway...
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More than a thousand people attend peace rally in Manila
1. Wide shot of church shrine then pan down to peace activists waving peace signs
2. Close-up of peace signs
3. Peace activists marching towards church shrine
4. Banner: "Mother Mary, we beg you, bring peace to our land and to the...
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People running through crash barriers trying to make queue
1. Wide shot of crash barriers holding back crowds
2. Close up people rushing through, police standing back and letting them go
3. Various people pushing past barriers and along street to join queue
4. Wide shot street with people...
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Cuba - Visit Pope John Paul II
Tens of thousands of cheering Cubans on Sunday (25/1) welcomed
Pope John Paul II to Havana's palm-fringed Revolution Square,
where he began celebrating his final open-air Mass in
communist-led Cuba.
WS Revolution Square with crowds;
Pope...
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Philippines - Protest Against Pope's Visit
Hundreds of Evangelical Protestants marched through Manila on
Tuesday (10/1) to protest this week's visit to the Philippines by
Pope John Paul II. The protestors carried banners reading "The
Vicar of Christ Is the Holy Spirit, Not the...
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US troops in Kosovo prepare for Bush visit
1. Wide of Camp Bondsteel (40km south of Pristina)
2. Mid-shot of American flag at Camp Bondsteel
3. Mid-shot American helicopters preparing to take off
4. American soldiers walking in the camp
5. Close-up of American soldiers
6....
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S.Africa - Pope John Paul Says Mass
On Sunday (17/9) Pope John Paul II celebrated his first Mass in post-apartheid South Africa in front of about 100,000 people. The Mass, held at a horse-racing track in Germinston, near Johannesburg, was rich with African ritual, dance...
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Thousands of pilgrims from all over the world gathered at the Vatican on Saturday ahead of the historic canonization of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII. (April 26)
Thousands of pilgrims from all over the world gathered at the Vatican on Saturday ahead of the historic canonisation of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII.
Some pilgrims slept overnight in sleeping bags, with more expected on Saturday...
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SYND 10 3 80 TANZANIAN PRESIDENT NYERERE MEETS PERTINI AND COSSIGA
Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere arrived in Italy on Friday afternoon and immediately met with Italian President Sandro Pertini. he held a meeting with Italian Premier Francesco Cossiga on the next day and with a number of ministers to...
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Pope holds mass for group of Azerbaijani Catholics
1. Wide exterior of Palace of Sports in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan
2. Crowds in front of Palace of Sports
3. Pope surrounded by officials, walking slowly and waving his hand
4. Catholic priests on stage
5. Pull out to stage of Palace of...
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WRAP Cuban gov says Castro is recovering, street reax, religious service
1. Wide shot of the Malecon ocean front avenue with Ameijeiras Hospital in the background
2 Medium shot of Cuban flag
3. Wide shot of Malecon Avenue with Moro Fort in the background
4. Wide interior of Our Lady Of Charity church in...