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300,000 people in Ukraine attend mass celebrated by Pope John Paul

Pope John Paul II yesterday called on the clergy of all faiths to create "the face of morality of the new Ukraine". The pontiff was speaking at a meeting of the Ukrainian Council of Churches, to which leaders of Ukraine's Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox and Catholic churches were invited. During the meeting, held in Kiev, the pontiff said, "I am not coming here with the intention to proselytize, but to testify about Christ." Earlier in the day, Pope John Paul had celebrated mass in front of 300,000 people. On Monday, the Pope will travel to Lvov, where he will announce the names of 27 martyrs and three prisoners of conscience who will be made saints. (Gazeta Wyborcza, June 23-24, p. 1, June 25, p. 1) P.W.

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