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Article: In Poland, pope stresses history and hope.(Pope John Paul II visits his native country)(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- June 18, 1999
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Cost of trip, new 30-story basilica draw criticism
In a trip that seemed to gather up many of the themes of his papacy -- the search for peace at the close of a bloody century, the connection between faith and reason, outreach to Orthodoxy and the lessons of Polish history -- John Paul II returned to his native country June 5-17, visiting 21 cities in 13 days.
In a Poland still feeling the aftershocks of the transition from communism to Western-style capitalism, issues of social justice were also center stage -- and were accompanied by some criticism of church expenditures, both the millions spent on the trip itself and the $50 million laid out for a ...