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Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI used his first mass as the Roman Catholic Church's leader Wednesday to lay out his priorities, promising above all to bring Christians together. The agenda of former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was read in Latin to the 114 cardinals who assembled in the Sistine Chapel one day after electing him as Pope. "Showing good sentiments is not enough for this. Concrete acts that enter souls and move consciences are needed," the message said of his pledge to follow in the steps of his predecessor, John Paul II, by working towards reunifying Christians split apart by 1,000 years of different approaches to spirituality. The last pope named Benedict ruled the church from 1914-1922. Benedict XV had been the Italian cardinal James della Chiesa before serving as pope during and after the First World War, favouring neither side but working tirelessly for peace. Suva, Fiji - Fiji's Ministry of Health is concerned that an outbreak of typhoid fever that has been detected in a number of different islands in the Fiji group could spread. Government health facilities have confirmed 39 cases of typhoid since January. Baghdad - The bodies of at least 50 Iraqis believed to be hostages were recovered from Baghdad's Tigris River on Wednesday, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said. Also Wednesday, the bodies of 19 Iraqis were discovered in a soccer stadium in the town of Haditha.
