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*** EU/Charter of Fundamental Rights/Vatican: In a message addressed to Spanish Cardinal Ortas last Saturday, Pope John-Paul II criticised the European Charter of Fundamental Rights stating that, "in spite of the many and noble efforts", "it does not satisfy the rightful expectations of many people". According to the Pope, the Charter could have been "more courageous in the defence of the rights of people and the family" that "are...