Pope Seeks Forgiveness for Crusaders.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 29Institutions. Publisher: Associated Press Newsfeatures, 2001ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): John Paul II Pope -- Visit to Greece, 2001 | John Paul II Pope -- Visit to Syria, 2001 | Catholic Church | Orthodox Eastern Church -- Greece | Apologizing | Christianity and other religions -- Islam | Schism -- Eastern and Western ChurchDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Pope John Paul II, in a sweeping statement of regret aimed at healing Christianity's East-West divide, begged God's forgiveness yesterday for sins committed by Roman Catholics 'against their Orthodox brothers and sisters,' including the plunder of the Byzantine capital by 13th-century Crusaders. His powerful and unexpected gesture came during the first visit by a pope to Greece, an Eastern Orthodox stronghold, since the Great Schism of 1054." (BALTIMORE SUN) This article describes various reactions to the Pope's historic visit.
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Originally Published: Pope Seeks Forgiveness for Crusaders, May 5, 2001; pp. 1A+.
"Pope John Paul II, in a sweeping statement of regret aimed at healing Christianity's East-West divide, begged God's forgiveness yesterday for sins committed by Roman Catholics 'against their Orthodox brothers and sisters,' including the plunder of the Byzantine capital by 13th-century Crusaders. His powerful and unexpected gesture came during the first visit by a pope to Greece, an Eastern Orthodox stronghold, since the Great Schism of 1054." (BALTIMORE SUN) This article describes various reactions to the Pope's historic visit.
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