AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, April 2

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AAP General News (Australia)
04-02-2005
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, April 2
Breakfast Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430

Pope (VATICAN CITY)

Pope JOHN PAUL has received the blessing for the dying, drawing anguished prayers from
Catholics around the globe reluctant to accept his end may be near.

The Vatican says the long-ailing Pope has received the Holy Viaticum communion -- for
those near death, after a sharp downturn in his health.

In its latest bulletin the Vatican says the 84-year-old pontiff is clinging to life
in a deteriorating condition.

The ...

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