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Article: In Paul's footsteps, pope shows will for unity.(Pope John Paul)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- May 18, 2001
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In Greece, he apologizes to Orthodox leader; in Syria, he makes first papal visit to a mosque
If the pope's journey into Greece and Syria had been a concert tour for a band, the T-shirts might have read, "John Paul's Forget Dominus Iesus Tour 2001."
Both the tone and content of the trip, which took the pope to places where Catholics are a tiny minority, were in strong contrast with Dominus Iesus, last September's Vatican document, which asserted Catholicism's superiority over other religions and other Christian churches. Some saw the document as a nearly fatal blow to ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.
In contrast, the historic moments of this ...