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• Pope receives Gypsies at Vatican (AP)
• Pope urges integration for Roma (AFP)
• John Paul blood placed in Polish church as relic (AP)
• Image of Hindu deity sparks protest in northern Idaho (Reuters)

Pope receives Gypsies at Vatican (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2011 08:23 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI listened to Gypsies recount their way of life at a first-ever papal audience for them at the Vatican on Saturday, decried their persecution by the Nazis during World War II and called on Europe to help end centuries of rejection for the Roma people.

Pope urges integration for Roma (AFP) Posted: 11 Jun 2011 08:22 AM PDT AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday called for "a new page" to be written in the history of the Roma community in Europe after "painful" events in the past, urging the nomads to integrate at an emotional Vatican ceremony.

John Paul blood placed in Polish church as relic (AP) Posted: 11 Jun 2011 06:27 AM PDT AP - A relic containing the blood of the recently beatified Pope John Paul II has been placed in the altar of a new church in Krakow.

Image of Hindu deity sparks protest in northern Idaho (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 05:55 PM PDT Reuters - A group of self-described constitutionalists protested on Friday a northern Idaho city's dedication of a sculpture depicting a Hindu deity.

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