When the Pope Visits Jerusalem: A Retrospective
In 1964, Pope Paul VI arrived in the Holy City. His visit was a whirlwind, lasting for a duration of eleven hours in total, and was viewed by the international community as a historic precendent.
Pope Paul VI, otherwise known as the “Pilgrim Pope,” was the first Pope to travel to six continents while in office. A former Archbishop of Milan, Pope Paul VI completed the Second Vatican Council, which is otherwise known as “Vatican II.” This revolutionary council, initiated by Pope John XXIII before his death, was to usher in a new era for the doctrines of Catholicism.
While in Israel, Pope Paul VI visited several Christian holy sites—the same sites that would later be the destination of Pope John Paul II in 2000, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. At the time of his visit, the Vatican still did not recognize the State of Israel, even though the Second Vatican Council had revoked the doctrine that the Jews of today are responsible for the death of Jesus.
It was the visit of John Paul II decades later that cast the relationship between the Vatican and Israel in a new light. Unlike his predecessor, John Paul II visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and the Western Wall. The new millennium thus seemed a harbinger of greatly improved relations between Israel and the Vatican.
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