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US Cardinal on sex abuse scandals and conclave meetings
1. US Cardinals Francis George and Donald Wuerl entering conference room at North American College in Rome
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago
"I think it will be an important issue, it is certainly in...
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Indian Pilgrims arrive ahead of canonization of nun from southern India
1. Pan of St Peter's square
2. Tilt up from pilgrims in square to pictures of beatified hanging from windows
3. Close of picture of Sister Alphonsa
4. Pilgrims with Indian flags entering square
5. Pilgrims entering square
6. Group of...
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St Patrick's cathedral mass, reax to Pope's condition
1. Wide shot tile down exterior St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan
2. Wide shot interior tilt down Cathedral
3. Various of Mass
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Monsignor James Cassidy, St. Patrick's Cathedral:
"We place ourselves in God's...
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Muslim stonemason immortalised as gargoyle on cathedral
1. Wide of St Jean cathedral, Fourviere basilica in background
2. Mid of gargoyle
3. Close of gargoyle's face
4. Close of inscription on gargoyle reading (Arabic) "God is great"
5. Mid of gargoyle with inscription reading (French) "God...
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Cardinals arrive for Pope Benedict's last general audience
1. Wide pan of US Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, walking through Fiumicino Airport
2. Various of DiNardo walking through airport
3. Various exteriors of Fiumicino Airport Terminal 3
4. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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WRAP Pope visits Mount Nebo; Benediction at Uni of Madaba; sot
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Mount Nebo
1. Pope Pope Benedict XVI's convoy arriving at Moses Memorial in Mount Nebo +MUTE+
2. Reporters at ancient ruins +MUTE+
3. Pope entering basilica's ruins, people clapping
4. Press at site
5. Wide of pope sitting with...
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N. IRELAND: DRUMCREE: ORANGEMEN VOTE TO CONTINUE STAND-OFF
English/Nat
Protestant Orangemen have unanimously voted to continue their stand-off in Drumcree, despite calls by Northern Ireland's leaders for
an end to the protest.
Pressure had intensified after the deaths of three young Catholic...
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Personal items belonging to Pope John Paul II go on show
1. Wide of entrance to exhibition "John Paul II in Privacy. The Exhibition"
2. Close-up of photograph of Pope John Paul II on banner
3. Wide of paintings and photographs of John Paul II on wall
4. Close-up of portrait of John Paul II...
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SRI LANKA: PREPARATIONS FOR THE ARRIVAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL ll
Sinhalese/Eng/Nat
The Pope is due to arrive in Sri Lanka Friday on the last leg of his four nation Asian tour, but not everyone is glad he's coming.
Buddhists upset over what they see as insulting remarks made in the Pope's book,...
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Protesters demand Vatican help find missing girl
Hundreds of people marched to the Vatican on Sunday demanding help in uncovering the truth of the whereabouts of missing girl Emanuela Orlandi, who disappeared 29 years ago.
Orlandi was 15 when she disappeared in 1983 after leaving her...
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A Miami jury has returned a $100 million verdict Thursday against a Roman Catholic priest in a child sex abuse case, but the money may be nearly impossible to collect.
HEADLINE: Fla. jury awards $100M in priest abuse case
CAPTION: A Miami jury has returned a $100 million verdict Thursday against a Roman Catholic priest in a child sex abuse case, but the money may be nearly impossible to collect. (Nov....
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WRAP Benedict visits former papal residence; holds mass; visits the sick
Vatican TV
Viterbo, Italy
1. Wide pan of crowd gathered for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI
3. Various of Pope arriving in 'popemobile'
4. Various of Pope walking through crowd
5. Pan of nuns in crowd
6. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pope...
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AP cover of Pope's comment on slain nun, Vatican spokesman, voxpops
1. Exteriors of Pope Benedict XVI summer residence in Castel Gandolfo with faithful queuing up
2. Crowd waving yellow hats
3. Banner reading (in Italian) "Dear Pope we are with you"
4. People singing
5. Crowd gathered beneath balcony...
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Papal envoy meets Bush, briefing
1. Papal envoy, Cardinal Pio Laghi, getting into car and leaving White House after meeting with US President, George W. Bush
2. STILL Bush and Laghi shaking hands
3. Laghi walking into room for news conference
4. Cutaway
5. SOUNDBITE...
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Jordan ready for Pope Francis' historic visit
Preparations for the historic visit of Pope Francis to Jordan on Saturday have been completed.
Pope Francis will arrive in the Jordanian capital Amman this weekend at the start of a jam-packed visit to the Middle East.
The Pope will...
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Judge sentences former priest for child molestation
Los Angeles, California - 22 April 2005
1. Wide of courtroom
2. Close up of Fernando Lopez addressing court
3. Close up of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ruth Kwan
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish/with English translation) Fernando Lopez,...
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+4:3 Francis' visit marks 50th years since turning point in Catholic-Orthodox relations
It was the handshake that ended all hostilities.
Centuries of antagonism, excommunication and rivalries between the Catholic and Orthodox churches were put to rest at a Jerusalem residence on the Mount of Olive when Pope Paul VI and the...
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Comments on inquiry into sex abuse in the Catholic church
1. Wide of commission chairman Wim Deetman arriving at press conference
2. Cutaway journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Wim Deetman, Chairman of Commission:
"Nine-point-seven percent, or one in ten, Dutch nationals aged forty and older...
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NEW Reaction to second bishop''s appointment
1. Wide of St. Peter''s square
2. Mid shot of St. Peter''s cupola
3. Nuns walking by
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Sister Lourdes, nun from Bolivia:
"What can they (the Chinese government) do? For sure they need to stay next to us and above all...
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WRAP Pope tours basilica as part of Washington visit
1. Various of head of the Roman Catholic church Pope Benedict XVI in the pope-mobile passing along road and waving to cheering crowds
2. Wide of cheering crowd
3. Wide of the pope-mobile arriving at the Basilica of the National Shrine...
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Faithful and analyst on Pope's last ever Angelus appearance
1. Wide top-shot of Saint Peter's Square packed with pilgrims and visitors
2. Wide of Pope Benedict XVI appearing at window of Papal apartment
3. Children on parents shoulders listening to the pope and waving Vatican flags
4. SOUNDBITE...
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Reaction after UN accuses Vatican of adopting policies that allowed priests to rape children
A UN human rights committee denounced the Vatican on Wednesday for "systematically" adopting policies that allowed priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children over decades, and urged it to open its files on the paedophiles...
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Benedict XVI says he is praying for victims of rainstorms in Asia
Pope Benedict XVI said he is praying for the victims of recent fierce rainstorms in China and the Philippines, as well as for those of a violent earthquake in northwestern Iran.
The pontiff was speaking from his papal summer residence in...
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Preview of Papal visit to Croatia
1. Various of Dubrovnik
2. Wide shot of stage for papal service being built in Gruz port
3. Various of stage being built
4. Set ups of Stijepo Butijer, architect of the altar, supervising construction
5. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Stijepo...