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Article: Pope and patriarch meet.(Pope John Paul II; Patriarch Teoctist)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 19, 1999
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Pope John Paul II has made history by becoming the first pontiff to visit a mainly Orthodox country. During his May 7-9 visit to Romania the pope was enthusiastically welcomed by the country's Catholic minority and warmly received by the head of Romania's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Teoctist, and the church's synod.
Together on May 8, Pope John Paul and Patriarch Teoctist issued an urgent appeal for peace in Yugoslavia, calling on those responsible "in one way or another" for the conflict to return to the negotiating table. On May 9 two major religious events were held in Bucharest, one Orthodox and one Roman Catholic, with the pope and Patriarch Teoctist present ...