Pope preaches to 200,000 at end of pilgrimage
Looking over the shores where the Apostle Paul preached, the pope ended his odysseys through biblical lands today with an appeal to end the cycle of Middle East violence in the places he once prayed.
"Once again, today, we hear sad news from the Holy Land of terrible violence even against innocent young people," John Paul told more than 200,000 people at an outdoor Mass in Valletta, the Maltese capital.
