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...head of the Roman Catholic Church, John Paul has one foot in the dimension of history (where mess, error, violence, fanaticism and stupidity flourish merrily) and the other in the dimension of eternity (where, he must insist, the holiness and infallibility of the church as the mystical body of Christ remain intact). It is awkward: How does infallibility own up to its fallibilities and yet remain infallible? The Pope's solution: by being vague about the actual sins and by attributing them, in any case, to men and women who are Catholics and not to the Catholic Church itself...
...diminish the fact that - as Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak noted in his salutary response - John Paul II has done more in his 22-year papacy than centuries of predecessors to repair Rome's relationship with the Jews, whom the Church had until only too recently vilified as Christ-killers. "He's stopped apologizing and is talking about what ought to be," says TIME religion correspondent David Van Biema. "And whether or not that's sufficient for some Jewish critics, it's extraordinarily powerful and consistent with the very best of what he's tried to do in relation...
...limit. Israel is also miffed that John Paul II will visit a Palestinian refugee camp outside Bethlehem, where they fear he may make remarks affirming the right of refugees to return to their homes - which, in the case of Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, are in Israel. Even Christ's hometown of Nazareth will require some delicate diplomacy: The Israeli authorities have allowed local Muslims to begin building a mosque in the shadow of the Basilica of the Annunciation - the site where the Angel Gabriel is said to have appeared to Mary - over the objections of local Christians...
...Children fathered by Brigham Young, legendary 19th century president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
That hillside, however, is where Jesus supposedly delivered the Sermon on the Mount. There, overlooking the Sea of Galilee, the Pope will address a congregation of 100,000 and share with them Christ's body and blood. Some things are worth every bit of trouble that goes into them...