Pope John Paul II has urged young people not to be afraid to go "against the current" in his Palm Sunday address to crowds in St Peter's Square in Rome
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5 April 2004 y., Monday
Pope John Paul II has urged young people not to be afraid to go "against the current" in his Palm Sunday address to crowds in St Peter's Square in Rome.
He spoke with some difficulty and often appeared weary at the start of an intense week of religious events, culminating in mass on Easter Sunday.
As well as concern over the health of the 83-year-old, who has Parkinson's, there are elevated security fears.
There have been warnings Italy and the Vatican could be targets of an attack.
Tens of thousands of young people packed into St Peter's Square for the Pope's address on Sunday, carrying palm fronds and olive branches.
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