Pope Benedict XVI is looking to reconquer Europe, if not in numbers, then at the political table.

LOURDES, France (AP) -- People must accept death at "the hour chosen by God," Pope Benedict XVI told ailing pilgrims Monday in an anti-euthanasia message at Lourdes, the shrine that draws the desperate, sick and dying....

Speaking to French bishops, Pope Benedict XVI renewed his call to redefine church-state relations in France and urged clergy to engage in meaningful interreligious dialogue.

Pope Benedict XVI, on a pilgrimage to Lourdes - the shrine in France where the faithful believe the Virgin Mary appeared to a peasant girl 150 years ago - told a crowd on Sunday that love can be stronger than all the evil in the world.

LOURDES, France (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI urged more than 150,000 followers at mass Sunday in the French shrine town of Lourdes to hold firm in their faith, telling them "love is stronger than evil."

LOURDES, France (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air mass in Lourdes on Sunday, leading more than 100,000 faithful in prayer in the French town that is one of the most revered Christian shrines.

LOURDES, France (AFP) - More than 150,000 people were expected to attend an open-air mass given by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday during his pilgrimage to the shrine town of Lourdes, amid heavy security.

Pope Benedict XVI called on worshipers to recall victims of violence, war and terrorism as well as people facing suffering due to unemployment or their situation as immigrants.

PARIS (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI Saturday urged Catholics to respond to Christ's call in an open-air mass attended by some 260,000 people to celebrate his first visit to France, before leaving on a pilgrimage to Lourdes.

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Paris after saying he was “a messenger of peace and brotherhood” in this country that has long drawn sharp distinctions between church and state.