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c. 1999 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Pope John Paul II said Friday (Aug. 6) that despite impressive scientific advances, the"river of human pain"has widened in the 20th century because of war, drug addiction, AIDS, inequality and hedonism. In a strongly worde...