House where Pope JPII born to be made memorial of Jewish-Catholic friendship
The Washington Times-UPIJews, Catholics plan friendship memorial
May. 30, 2006 at 10:14AM
Poland's Catholic church has agreed to turn the house where the late Pope John Paul II was born into a memorial of the Jewish-Catholic friendship.
During his four-day stay in Poland, the German-born Pope Benedict XVI Saturday paid a brief stop in Wadowice, the birthplace of his predecessor and mentor John Paul II, to enter and bless the house, the Washington Post reported.
Some 20 years ago the house was turned into a museum. About 200,000 pilgrims from Poland and around the world annually visit the site, containing memorabilia of the late pope, whom his countrymen praise as "our greatest Pole."
Local authorities and Polish Catholic church dignitaries have agreed to add an exhibit in memory of the Jews who lost lives in the Holocaust during Nazi German occupation in World War II.
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