Thursday, January 04, 2007

Pope Benedict XVI blesses Caritas soup kitchen and names it after John Paul II

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AP - Thu Jan 4, 10:50 AM ET

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the Caritas soup kitchen in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. The pontiff addressed a few hundred people gathered in a nearby courtyard on a chilly day, saying love and charity bring great joy. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, Pool)
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Pope Names Soup Kitchen for John Paul II
Last Updated:01-04-07 at 9:38AM

ROME -- Pope Benedict XVI visited a soup kitchen Thursday to bless it and dedicate it to his predecessor, 14 years after Pope John Paul II went there to meet with the poor.

Benedict then addressed a few hundred people gathered in a nearby courtyard on a chilly day, saying love and charity bring great joy.

The pontiff also blessed a plaque dedicating the soup kitchen near the Colosseum to John Paul, who visited in 1992 and shared tea with several people, including a Somali man who had been attacked and set ablaze by skinhead youths. The plaque carried a quote from the speech John Paul gave during his visit: "The suffering man belongs to us all."
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