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Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.
Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

bless/ holy water/ reaching out/ adorns/ justice

1.
The 70-member peace council was set up more than two years ago by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to open negotiations with insurgents. It was given the task of ______ to hundreds of Taliban field commanders, but it has consistently failed to woo any senior figures away from the insurgency.

2.
"What I'm really interested in is not the organisation that manages police and crime and _______, but actually what it means in terms of delivering crime reduction and _______ for people who are victims of crime."

3.
A giant pink neon heart now _______ the European Parliament building in Brussels in memory of the late dissident playwright and Czech leader Vaclav Havel, who died a year ago.

4.
Pope Benedict XVI has given his final Sunday _______ at the Vatican before he steps down on Thursday.

5.
Reverend Wanak gave many mourners communion before sprinkling Eryk's white coffin with _______. Then, as the bells of St Marie's tolled, two pallbearers carried the coffin, bearing a white wreath, from the church.