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Pope Benedict XVI offered a message of hope to survivors of last week’s Italian earthquake yesterday as the chief prosecutor in the devastated town of L’Aquila announced an investigation into whether modern buildings had collapsed because of shoddy construction.
Speaking in St Peter’s Square, the Pope wished the faithful a happy Easter in 63 languages, and said that his thoughts were with “those who suffered because of the earthquake”. He hoped that survivors would find the “wisdom and courage” to unite in the construction of a future “open to hope”.
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The Pope met Franciscan friars at his summer residence on Saturday Pope Benedict is to visit the site of the earthquake in central Italy which claimed 295 lives and made at least 50,000 homeless...
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Apr 10th, 2009 - CNN
(CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI will visit the earthquake-ravaged town of L'Aquila on April 28 -- three weeks after the disaster struck -- the Vatican said Saturday. The pope...
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Apr 10th, 2009 - Telegraph
As the death toll from the disaster reached 294, priests held Mass in the camps which have been set up by emergency services around the shattered city of L'Aquila and surrounding villages for nearly 40,000 homeless people.
Funeral mass for 205 dead in quake
Apr 10th, 2009 - UPI.com
L'AQUILA, Italy, April 10 (UPI) -- A funeral mass was said Friday for victims of the Italian earthquake with 205 coffins lined up at a police barracks outside L'Aquila.
Day of mourning and funeral after quake
Apr 10th, 2009 - UPI.com
L'AQUILA, Italy, April 10 (UPI) -- Italian officials proclaimed Friday as a national day of mourning for those killed in the earthquake in the Abruzzo region.A funeral mass was to be celebrated for more than 100 of the victims, the BBC reported...
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