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Pope has Parkinson's

By Domenico Biettinelli, Jr. ( articles - email ) | May 17, 2003

OK, that's not exactly news although this is the first time anyone at the Vatican has officially admitted it.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re confirmed that the Pope has Parkinson's to a reporter in a story on the Pope's 83rd birthday tomorrow. CWN should have more on this story on Monday as part of our regular news schedule.

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Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist

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The Church celebrates the Feast of St. Luke, the inspired author of the third Gospel and of the Acts of the Apostles, was a native of Antioch in Syria and a physician, and one of the early converts from paganism. He accompanied St. Paul on a considerable part of his missionary journey. He was also his…

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