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Women embrace after hearing the news of the death of Pope John Paul II during a vigil in Vatican City's Saint Peter's square. Women embrace after hearing the news of the death
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John Paul II promoted women on the Altar; pictures of ceremonies at the St. Peter's Basilica @ TraditionInAction.org
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Pope John Paul II arrives in Saint Peter's Square for the celebration of a beatification ceremony April 14, 2002. The 81-year-old Pontiff beatified six people, elevating two women and four men to
USCCB Respect Life - In his beautiful Letter to Women, Pope John Paul II celebrates all of the expressions of womanhood, whether a woman is a mother, daughter, wife, worker, or consecrated
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