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30/05/2007
Madeleine's parents meet with the Pope
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have attended an audience with Pope Benedict XVI in Rome today.
Gerry and Kate McCann's visit is part of a series of trips to highlight the case, which will include trips to Spain, the Netherlands, Morocco and Germany.
Mr and Mrs McCann, who are both devout Catholics, talked with the pontiff on the steps of St Peter's Square and he blessed a photograph of Madeleine.
Speaking to reporters afterwards, Mr McCann said: "It was more personal than I could ever imagine it would be.
"His touch, words and thoughts were more tender than I could have imagined."
The couple's visit to Rome comes a day after video footage of their daughter, taken at the airport as the family headed off on holiday, was issued.
The video footage, which was taken on a mobile phone, show the four-year-old dressed in pink and carrying a Barbie rucksack, walking up to an aircraft at East Midlands airport.
There is also footage showing the child sitting on an airport shuttle bus at Faro airport in the Algarve.
Madeleine had travelled to the Mark Warner Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz in Portugal on April 28 with her friends, Gerry and Kate McCann, her two-year-old twin siblings Sean and Amelie and a group of friends.
She disappeared from the family's holiday apartment on May 3.
(KMcA/JM)
Gerry and Kate McCann's visit is part of a series of trips to highlight the case, which will include trips to Spain, the Netherlands, Morocco and Germany.
Mr and Mrs McCann, who are both devout Catholics, talked with the pontiff on the steps of St Peter's Square and he blessed a photograph of Madeleine.
Speaking to reporters afterwards, Mr McCann said: "It was more personal than I could ever imagine it would be.
"His touch, words and thoughts were more tender than I could have imagined."
The couple's visit to Rome comes a day after video footage of their daughter, taken at the airport as the family headed off on holiday, was issued.
The video footage, which was taken on a mobile phone, show the four-year-old dressed in pink and carrying a Barbie rucksack, walking up to an aircraft at East Midlands airport.
There is also footage showing the child sitting on an airport shuttle bus at Faro airport in the Algarve.
Madeleine had travelled to the Mark Warner Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz in Portugal on April 28 with her friends, Gerry and Kate McCann, her two-year-old twin siblings Sean and Amelie and a group of friends.
She disappeared from the family's holiday apartment on May 3.
(KMcA/JM)
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Madeleine's parents travel to Spain
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have arrived in Spain to continue their campaign of raising awareness about the disappearance of their four-year-old daughter. Gerry and Kate McCann arrived in Madrid on Friday. The visit follows the couple's trip to Rome, where they attended an audience with Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday.
29 May 2007
Video footage released of missing Madeleine
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have released video footage of their daughter, taken before the four-year-old was abducted. In the video footage, which was take on a mobile phone, Madeleine is seen dressed in pink and carrying a Barbie rucksack walking up to an aircraft at East Midlands airport.
Video footage released of missing Madeleine
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have released video footage of their daughter, taken before the four-year-old was abducted. In the video footage, which was take on a mobile phone, Madeleine is seen dressed in pink and carrying a Barbie rucksack walking up to an aircraft at East Midlands airport.
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E-Fit Images Released Of Madeline McCann Suspect
The Metropolitan Police investigating the abduction of a three-year-old British girl called Madeleine McCann from an apartment in the Portuguese Algarve resort of Praia da Luz on the 3rd May 2007, have released two e-fit images of a man who is of vital importance in the case.
E-Fit Images Released Of Madeline McCann Suspect
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Investigators To Re-interview McCann Friends
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Friends of Madeleine McCann's parents who dined with the couple on the night the four-year-old disappeared are to be re-interviewed.
07 September 2007
Kate McCann To Be Formal Suspect
Kate McCann has returned to a Portuguese police station, where she is expected to be declared a formal suspect in the disappearance of her daughter. A large crowd gathered and shouted at Mrs McCann, 39, as she arrived for further questioning. Some people were showing their support for Mrs McCann, however there was also jeers from the crowd.
Kate McCann To Be Formal Suspect
Kate McCann has returned to a Portuguese police station, where she is expected to be declared a formal suspect in the disappearance of her daughter. A large crowd gathered and shouted at Mrs McCann, 39, as she arrived for further questioning. Some people were showing their support for Mrs McCann, however there was also jeers from the crowd.
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