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During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
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Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pope John Paul II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history, after Pius IX and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mosque
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