Pope John Paul on Wednesday called on Jews and Christians to use the millennium year 2000 to “look forward to a new future of brotherhood.” During weekly public remarks, the pope said, “Together, we look back, but only so that we can look forward to a new future of brotherhood, when the sorrows of other times will be overcome,” he said during weekly remarks.
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