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In Jerusalem, Christian pilgrims filled the cobblestone alleyways of the walled Old City to commemorate Jesus' crucifixion there two millennia ago. Thousands of international visitors and local Christians retraced Christ's last steps down the Via Dolorosa, or "Way of Suffering." The route ends at the ancient Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus' crucifixion, burial, and resurrection on Easter.
VATICAN CITY - In an unprecedented move, Pope Benedict XVI held a televised question-and-answer session to mark Good Friday, fielding queries from as far away as Japan, Iraq, and the Ivory Coast on topics as wide-ranging as death, violence, intimidation, and suffering.Benedict told a Japanese girl frightened by the earthquake and tsunami in her homeland that her suffering was not in vain, and assured a Muslim woman in violence-wracked Ivory Coast of the Vatican's peace efforts there.  read more »


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