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John Paul II Foundation / Magazine (Page 12)

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November 12, 2022

It was January 4, 1964, when Pope Paul VI arrived in Jerusalem, entering through the Damascus Gate on his way to the Holy Sepulcher. Paul VI's was a historic and unforgettable trip to the Holy Land: it was in fact the first time that a successor of Peter returned to the places where Jesus was born and lived, where the Church was born, where "we are all born," as the psalm goes. Those were the years of the Second Vatican Council, and Pope Paul VI strongly wanted that trip....

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November 11, 2022

A relationship of great affection and collaboration has been built over time between the John Paul II Foundation and the Effetà Institute. When it comes to concrete works, in the specific case hundreds of Palestinian hearing-impaired children and youth in urgent, and sometimes desperate, need of care and assistance, certain loyalties can also be weighed and measured....

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November 11, 2022

One of the fruits of Paul VI's "pilgrimage" to the Holy Land was a commitment to create realities capable of fostering a dialogue based on knowledge and promoting an ever better understanding of one's own identity precisely in confrontation with other religious traditions, beginning with the different Christian denominations, especially those that enrich the Catholic Church....

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November 11, 2022

On December 4, 1963, in his closing address to the Second Session of the Second Vatican Council, Paul VI announced to the Council Fathers his intention to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land: Paul VI wanted to invite everyone, not only Catholics, to rethink the centrality of the life of Jesus Christ and the birth of the Christian experience for the witness of the Word of God in the world....

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