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Pope and cardinals arrive for meeting on eve of Consistory
1. Wide St. Peter's Square, working putting out chairs for open air Consistory on Friday
2. Workers preparing square for Consistory
3. Close up workers painting altar
4. Close up pigeons
5. Close up fountain in St. Peter's Square
5....
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Cardinals arrive for meeting, tourists visit basilica
1. Wide of Sant'Uffizi gate with Swiss Guards
2. Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung (Taiwan) walking
3. Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Archbishop of Magonza, Germany
4. Group of cardinals entering gate
5. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Cardinal...
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Preparations for beatification, pilgrims flooding in
Vatican City
1. Wide of pilgrims outside St. Peter's Basilica
2. Various of pilgrims queueing in St. Peter's Square
3. Poster of late Pope John Paul II
4. Banner in square advertising exhibition about John Paul II
5. Pilgrims entering...
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NEW Castle, mayor, family at Vatican, Will Smith, Beckhams
Bracciano
1. Various aerials of castle grounds
Rome
2. Exterior shot of Grand Hotel where Cruise's and Holmes' families are staying
3. Tom Cruise's mother coming out of hotel
4. Katie Holmes' father (in blue shirt and sunglasses) and...
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ITALY: POPE HOSTS A MEETING OF BISHOPS FROM FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
Italian/Nat
Pope John Paul-the-second has hosted a meeting of bishops from the former Yugoslavia to discuss how the Catholic Church can help rebuild the region.
Twenty-two bishops, including those from Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and...
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Vatican newspaper released
1. Wide pan across St Peter''s Square
2. Pan to kiosk selling newspapers
3. Kiosk vendor placing Vatican newspaper, "L''Obsservatore Romano" ("The Roman Observer"), in news-stand
4. Pull out from front page of Roman Observer reading (in...
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Public react to news of Pope''s readmission to hospital
1. Sign reading "Holy See Press Office"
2. Various of written Vatican announcement
3. Various of Vatican City street scenes
4. VOX POP: (English) Name not given:
A: "No I didn''t realise. No. I didn''t know, sorry.
Q: Did you hear about...
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Strict protocol of Sede Vacante, or empty seat followed
1. Wide shot St. Peter's Basilica
2. Mid shot statues on St. Peter's Basilica
3. Close-up statue on St. Peter's
4. Close-up three stamps 'Sede Vacante' (empty seat) from the 1963 issue
5. Close-up 'Sede Vacante' stamp from 1978
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Vatican released report into alleged abuses carried out in Ireland
1. Wide of Saint Peter's Basilica
2. View of St. Peter's through doorway
3. Close of Vatican report "Summary of the Findings of the Apostolic Visitation in Ireland"
4. Close of page of document
5. Tilt down title and summary page
6. Set...
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Arrivals as Cardinals to begin fresh talks
1. Wide shot of St Peter's Square
2. Various of pilgrims entering square
3. Police patrolling square
4. Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi of Italy arrives at Sant' Uffizio Gate
5. Cardinal Walter Kasper of Germany arrives at gate
6. Cardinal...
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POPE SADDENED AND PAINED BY NEWS OF QUAKE IN NORTHERN ITALY
Pope Benedict XVI is greatly pained and saddened by the deaths and suffering of those caught up in an earthquake earlier in the day in northern Italy, according his spokesman.
Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told gathered...
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Vatican undergoes second grilling at UN this year over global priest sex abuse scandal
In its second grilling at the United Nations this year, the Vatican on Monday sought to limit its responsibility for the global priest sex abuse scandal by undercutting arguments it had violated an international treaty against torture...
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Italy / Poland - Beatification of Pope John Paul II
Vatican - Highlights of beatification of Pope John Paul the Second
1 May 2011
1. Medium of pope John Paul II's casket with bible placed on it, Swiss Guards
2. Medium of Pope Benedict XVI praying in front of casket
3. Back shot of crowd...
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Profile of papal candidate Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York
New York City - 20 February 2013
1. Mid of Cardinal Timothy Dolan at Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Staten Island.
2. Mid of Dolan giving a blessing, USPOUND Cardinal Dolan (English) "And the church that awaits a...
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Pilgrims and tourists in St Peter Square react to election of new pope
1. Wide shot St Peter's Square
2. Various crowd
3. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Voxpop, Italian faithful:
"We are very happy. We were hoping it would he him, definitely. When they said "Habemus papam!" we were convinced when Ratzinger came out...
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Laterano vigil, crowds camp outside
1. Wide shot San Giovanni Laterano with crowds behind barriers and security
2. Man lights candle off another woman's candle
3. Wide shot crowds
4. Nuns singing, holding candles
5. Young people with candles
6. Young woman sitting on...
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Man scales dome of St Peter's Church to protest against EU laws affecting his business
An Italian businessman climbed onto the balustrade of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Sunday night to protest against Italian politicians whom he claims have destroyed his business and his life.
Marcello Di Finizio, the owner of a...
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Christmas tree erected in St Peter's Square
1. Wide shot of Vatican City, St. Peter's Square with Christmas pine tree
2. Pine tree and St Peter's cupola
3. Firefighters preparing the tree
4. The tree and the cupola
5. Pine tree near the obelisk
6. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Dino...
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The Vatican press office director and the Irish Times' Vatican reporter comment on the significance of Pope Francis' apology Monday to sex abuse victims. They say Francis' actions are sincere and that the symbolism of his apology is significant. (July 7)
The Vatican press office director and the Irish Times' Vatican reporter comment on the significance of Pope Francis' Monday apology to sex abuse victims of the Catholic church. They say Francis' actions are sincere and that the symbolism...
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WRAP Officials end queue, crowd surge, security, vox pops
Night shots:
1. Two officials lifting up police tape to allow a couple and more young women to run along to the back of the queue along the banks of the River Tiber
2. Security man tying yellow police tape to pole to prevent more people...
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WRAP Cardinals meet, tourists visit basilica, new stamp
1. Wide of Sant'Uffizio gate with Swiss Guards
2. Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung (Taiwan) walking
3. Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Archbishop of Magonza in Germany
4. Group of cardinals entering gate
5. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Cardinal...
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ITALY: VATICAN: NORTH & SOUTH AMERICAN BISHOPS CONFERENCE
Spanish/Eng/Nat
Now in the final week of their monthlong conference in Rome, more than 200 bishops from North and South America have been discussing topics ranging from poverty to parishes.
Bishops from Argentina and the United States...
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Italy/Vatican City - Pope
John-Paul pledges opposition to all anti-Semitism.
Pope John Paul II on Monday (6/2) called on Christians, Jews and
Moslems to unite in bringing peace to the Holy Land. The pope also
touched on the Nazi Holocaust saying its memory should...
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New Swiss Guard recruits ready to take up posts
1. St. Peter's Basilica
2. Horse and carriage in St. Peter's Square
3. Three Swiss Guard recruits entering the "Swiss Guards Courtyard"
4. Toy Swiss Guards
5. Swiss Guard recruits in front of painting of Swiss Guard
6. Face of new Swiss...