Ailments restrict pope on Palm Sunday

Monday, March 25, 2002

VATICAN CITY -- Plagued by knee pain, Pope John Paul II took the exceptional step of ceding his place at the altar during Palm Sunday Mass, the latest sign of the health problems that are exacting a toll on the once tireless pontiff.

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