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UK - Dr Rowan Williams to step down as Anglican leader
On March 16th 2012 the Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctor Rowan Williams announced that he is to stand down at the end of 2012.
The 61-year-old was appointed in 2002 to the post as the senior official of the Church of England and the...
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Polish pilgrims board train to Rome for beatification of John Paul II
Warsaw
1. Ground shot of suitcases and pilgrims praying outside a church
2. Wide of people outside church
3. Side shot of people praying outside church
4. Crowds of people walking on platform at train station
5. Man ticking names off...
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President on his imminent meeting with pope, on legalising drugs
1. Otto Perez Molina, President of Guatemala during interview
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Otto Perez Molina, President of Guatemala:
"This has turned into something that is an honour and a privilege; that the Pope, after having announced his...
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Latin American reactions to choice of new pope
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20 April 2005
1. Pan down from cross to Rio Cathedral
2. Interior of cathedral
3. Various of people walking along street
4. Newspaper headline about pope, zoom out to couple looking at the newspapers
5. Gutti...
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Reax after 20 killed on Saturday in stampede at music festival, hospital
1. Mid of candles and flowers at fence in front of ramp leading to Love Parade site
2. Mourner standing in front of fence with flowers, flags, candles and signs
3. Close-up of candles and sign, reading (German) "Sauerland (Adolf...
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WRAP Funeral of former Archbishop Sin of Manila, interiors
1. Wide shot of horse-drawn carriage carrying casket of Cardinal Jaime Sin
2. Cutaway of people with placards saying "We love you, Cardinal Sin"
3. Mid shot of honour guards surrounding carriage as it moves along, followed by bishops
4....
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Parishioners, clergy back Pope at Easter service
1. Wide exterior of St. Matthew''s Cathedral with people lined up waiting to enter
2. People entering cathedral
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Boyne, Cathedral Parishioner:
"The pope has done a good job of voicing my own opinions of...
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Cardinals officiate at Masses at their 'titular' churches in Rome
1. Exterior tilt down of Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles (Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli)
2. Mid of statues on balustrade
3. Interior tilt down from ceiling to nave and altar
4. Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan (in...
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Pilgrims arrive to hear Pope speak, preparations
1. Wide pan of El Escorial Monastery
2. Wide shot of nuns queuing to enter monastery
3. Close up of nun''s feet
4. Medium shot of nuns shouting "Viva el Papa"
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sister Emilia, Dominican Sisters of Nashville
"Because...
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Muslims demand blasphemy death sentence upheld
Lahore
1. Wide, top shot of protest, pan left
2. Mid of protest showing banner reading (English): "Oh Christians and Jews! We respect your prophets and you respect our prophet (peace be upon him)"
3. Close of placard reading (English):...
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Pope on flight to UK; admits church failures in sex abuse scandal
1. Mid of Pope Benedict XVI inside plane, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state behind him
2. Close up of the pope
3. Pan from photographers to pope and Bertone
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pope Benedict XVI:
"Sadness also...
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The man nicknamed "Pope's artist" designs gold and silver pieces for Francis' visit
1. Wide of church artist Claudio Pastro
2. Various of Pastro going through designs for objects to be used by Pope Francis during mass in Brazil
3. Various of Pastro drawing
4. Pastro holding up a tile he designed, showing it to the...
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Pope meets President Enrique Bolanos Geyer
1. Mid of Enrique Bolanos Geyer, President of Nicaragua, entering apostolic palace with Swiss Guards in back
2. Pope Benedict XVI shaking hands with President Enrique Bolanos Geyer
3. Zoom out of the two men
4. Geyer and Benedict XVI...
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200 temporary confession booths set up in park ahead of pope''s visit
1. Wide of man with priest in portable confession stall in Madrid''s Retiro Park
2. Mid of man receiving benediction in confession stall
3. Wide of confession stalls seen through vegetation
4. Close of branch, woman in confession in...
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Audio interview with protester staging sit-in on roof of St Peter's Basilica
1. Wide of St. Peter's Square and Basilica
2. Marcello Di Finizio, protesting businessman, talking on the phone from the side of dome of St Peter's, with banner reading (Italian/English) "Help! Enough Monti! Enough Europe! Enough...
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Portugal gears up for first visit of Pope Benedict XVI
2 May 2010
1. Wide of Basilica da Estrela
2. Mid of poster of Pope Benedict XVI at entrance
3. Worshippers entering church
4. Various of interior of church, priest celebrating mass, worshippers
5. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Manuel, no last...
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Round up of Pope Benedict XVI''s activities in Freiburg
1. Pope Benedict XVI arriving in popemobile
2. Crowd gathered in front of Freiburg cathedral waving and cheering
3. Tilt down inside Freiburg cathedral
4. Mid of Pope entering Freiburg cathedral
5. Mid of Pope praying
6. Mid of Pope...
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Protester who hung banner in the Vatican is arrested
1. Pan from protester with banner on top of Saint Peter's colonnade scaffolding to St Peter's Basilica
2. Mid of man on top of St Peter's colonnade scaffolding, displaying a banner in sign of protest
3. Close-up of banner reading...
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Media tour of Sistine Chapel ahead of conclave, cardinals comment
1. Pull focus from chandelier to detail of Jesus Christ on Michelangelo's fresco 'The Final Judgement'
2. Wide of Sistine Chapel
3. Zoom out from detail of 'Final Judgement' - God's hand touching Adam's finger - to the vault of the...
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Berlin family prepares for Pope''s Mass at Olympic stadium
1. Gerlinde (no surname given), helping her son Max to get dressed
2. Max along with his cousins, Till and Lara, leaving home to go to Pope Benedict XVI''s mass
3. Wide of children and Gerlinde''s sister, Ulrike and Gerlinde''s husband...
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Reports released Pope gunman may serve another 11 months
1. Wide of Istanbul landscape, ship passing
2. Turkish flag and statue in Taksim square
3. Wide of Taksim Square
4. Various of newspaper stand
5. Pan newspaper headlines
6. Close up of "Terrorist the Hero!," headline daily Sabah
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Sunday Mass for Catholics
1. Wide of Istanbul Orthodox Cathedral
2. Wide statue of Pope
3. Close up of plaque dedicated to Pope John XXIII
4. Mid of statue
5. Woman lighting candles inside church
6. Various of mass taking place
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Giuseppe...
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Last cardinal arrives in Rome ahead of conclave to elect a new pope
1. Mid of Vietnamese Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man walking towards meeting room
2. Wide of Cardinal Pham Minh Man walking towards doorway greeting fellow cardinal
3. Mid of Cardinal Pham Minh Man entering building alongside other...
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Pontiff tackles range of issues including sex abuse and MidEast in candid plane interview
Pope Francis announced Monday he would meet soon with a group of sex abuse victims at the Vatican and declared "zero tolerance" for any member of the clergy who would violate a child.
The meeting with a half-dozen victims will mark the...