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May 6
Saints Marian, Lector,
and James, Deacon(North Africa, d. 259)
Martyrs


OR today.


The only papal item is an editorial commentary by a Holy Land friar about the Pope's coming trip there.
Other Page 1 stories: Growing worries over the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as President Obama
prepares to meet their presidents in Washington; Afghan President Karzai to seek re-election; and
proposed Fiat-Opel merger opposed by their labor unions.


THE POPE'S DAY
General audience today.