First papal visit to a majority Orthodox country: 1999 trip by St. John Paul II to Romania

First papal visit to a majority Orthodox country: 1999 trip by St. John Paul II to Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Pope John Paul II conducted, between May 7-9, for the first time, a visit to Romania, the first visit by a pontiff to a mainly Eastern Orthodox Christian country in almost 1-thousand years; the Pope's visit was part of his drive for reconciliation among the various Christian...

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