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Nevertheless, with the passing years and remarkable courage, the Pope has pointed out the path to reconciliation with other religions, but above all with the oldest, to which Christianity owes so much. He recognized the state of Israel, visited Jerusalem, prayed at the Western Wall, spoke from his heart at the museum of Yad Vashem, delivered an address at a synagogue in Rome. He presided over a ceremony at the Vatican commemorating the Holocaust and gave audiences to many Jewish delegations from all over the world. At one point, the Vatican initiated plans for a private meeting between myself...
...surprisingly, Wadsworth gets its own entry in the book. The little noticed house on Massachusetts Avenue, near Boylston Hall, is the second oldest Harvard building still standing and former residence of Ralph W. Emerson, Class...
...Latin oration, first delivered at Commencement in 1642, is one of Harvard’s oldest traditions...
...always happy to play,” Voaklander said. “It’s a role I haven’t played in a while, being the top pitcher on my high school team and oldest player on my travel team...
Construction of Shitennoji, one of the oldest Buddhist complexes in Japan, began in the year 593. One of its carpenters, Shigemitsu Kongo, traveled to Japan from the Korean kingdom of Paekche. Today, working from offices overlooking the temple, Kongo Gumi Co. is run by Masakazu Kongo, 55, the 40th Kongo to lead the 1,410-year-old company, believed to be the world's oldest family enterprise...