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POPE ASKS FOR END TO VIOLENCE, USE OF ARMS IN IVORY COAST

VATICAN CITY, NOV 7, 2004 (VIS) - Prior to praying the Angelus today, the Holy
Father addressed the faithful who had assembled in St. Peter' s Square,
reminding them that "popular devotion dedicates the month of November to the
memory of the deceased faithful," adding that God "remains faithful to the
covenant sealed with man, a covenant that not even death can break."

"This pact," he said, "sealed in the Easter of Christ, is constantly made
current in the sacrament of the Eucharist. There, too, prayers for the deceased
also have their pinnacle. In offering Mass for them, believers support their
final purification. Receiving communion in faith, they strengthen with them the
bonds of spiritual love."

During multi-language greetings after the Angelus prayer, John Paul II welcomed
"the Africans present for the Angelus. I express my concern for the serious
news that is coming from the Ivory Coast where violence has caused new victims.
May arms become silent, may peace accords be respected, may the path of
dialogue be resumed! I entrust the people of the Ivory Coast to Mary, Queen of
Peace."

In addressing Polish pilgrims, the Pope noted that "today Poland celebrates
Hospice Day, whose motto is 'Hospices are also life'. The attention with which
healthcare workers and volunteers welcome persons who are incurably ill and
dying, is a great work of mercy. I ask God to recompense their love and
dedication with His grace. I entrust to Mary Most Holy those who accompany the
sick people in their families. May God bless everyone."
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