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      VATICAN (CWNews.com) -- At his regular weekly public audience on Wednesday, March 10, Pope John Paul II reflected on the union between Jesus and his Father.

      Speaking to a group of 15,000 pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father said that the mystery of the union among the three persons of the Holy Trinity is expressed in the teaching of St. John, that "God is love." That phrase, he said, captures the intimacy of the union which binds the Father to the Son.

      The Pope's catechetical address was delivered at his 6th general audience of 1999, and the second that was held in St. Peter's Square. The Pope arrived there in the Popemobile, and moved through the crowd offering his greetings before his address.