Among other reasons, they focused on the role of the charismatic Pope John II.
Millions of Britons who grew up watching Savile on TV's "Top of the Pops" and "Jim'll Fix It" were shocked by the fall from grace of an entertainer who'd been awarded knighthoods by Queen Elizabeth II and the late Pope John Paul II for his charitable work.
Both leaders looked back to the visit by the late Pope John Paul II 14 years ago, which Pope Benedict said "was like a gentle breeze that gave new strength to the Church in Cuba".
On Good Friday of 2005 just days before Pope John Paul II's death the future pope condemned the "filth" among church ranks, a comment that many faithful perceived as an unprecedented rebuke of abusive priests.
Bush had earlier met Pope John Paul II and he said he would take the pope's rejection of stem cell research using embryos into consideration when he decides whether to allow funding for the controversial practice.
Pope Benedict's predecessor Pope John Paul II, who died on 2 April, was the first pope to visit a synagogue and the Nazi concentration camps.
Pope John Paul II was elected on the eighth ballot in 1978 to become the first non-Italian pope in 455 years.
Based in Rome from 1978-1979, he covered two Papal transitions and the travels of Pope John Paul II.
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Pope Paul VI visited in 1965, and Pope John Paul II visited in 1979 and 1995.
The cathedral draws many pilgrims, with Pope John Paul II once a visitor in 1984.
Gibson called Pope John Paul II "the anti-Christ" and "the devil, " the screenwriter alleges.
In 1981, Pope John Paul II called Cardinal Ratzinger to Rome to apply the brakes.
Last November, the governor accompanied long-serving bank staff to an audience with Pope John Paul II.
Pope John Paul II reminded Catholics in 2004 that Sunday was for Mass, not for sports.
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Charles met Pope John Paul II in 1985 when he visited Rome with Diana, Princess of Wales.
The showpiece at last year's event was the reconstructed 18 meter-long "popemobile" of Pope John Paul II.
In 1982, Pope John Paul II arrived in Britain on the first papal visit there since 1531.
Pope John Paul II said it was a "vile attack" and expressed his "most firm condemnation, " Reuters reported.
VALLETTA, Malta -- Cheering crowds have greeted Pope John Paul II on his arrival in predominantly Catholic Malta.
Unlike the conclave that followed Pope John Paul II's death in 2005, cardinals didn't spend time in mourning.
In 1979, Pope John Paul II arrived in Ireland for the first ever Papal visit to the country.
India's militant Hindus may have found an unlikely ally in their campaign against Christians: Pope John Paul II.
Karol Wojtyla, before becoming Pope John Paul II, wrote that opposing public education can be an act of solidarity.
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Pope John Paul II urged "all men and women across the world to mobilise for peace and against terrorism".
She became more widely known in 2003 after singing at Westminster Cathedral for Pope John Paul II's silver jubilee.
Let us remember that the Polish-born, Pope John Paul II, played a critical role in undermining communism in Poland.
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Pope John Paul II came here in 1998, a historic visit that soon led to making Christmas a holiday.
In 1991, Pope John Paul II began the first-ever papal visit to Hungary.
Much depends on Pope John Paul II, due to visit Cuba in January.
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