A papal visit to the Holy Land is not yet definite, the Vatican said Tuesday. The announcement came after Israel’s Tourism Ministry said a day earlier that Pope John Paul II intends to visit Israel and the Palestinian self-rule areas next March to mark the start of Christianity’s third millennium.
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