POPE ON ROAD FOR HIS 76TH BIRTHDAY.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła celebrated his 75th birthday last year at a quiet meal with close aides. The year before, he was hospitalized after hip replacement surgery. So the pontiff's birthday today should be altogether different. He'll be traveling - one of the activities he likes best. And he'll be among young people - those who invigorate in·vig·or·ate tr.v. in·vig·or·at·ed, in·vig·or·at·ing, in·vig·or·ates To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her" him the most. During a three-day visit to Slovenia this weekend, John Paul The name John Paul might refer to: Full name
Last May, for example, John Paul put aside his sober text and spent a half-hour joking with hundreds of rain-soaked young people in the northern Italian city of Trento. On his visit to Slovenia, the 71st foreign trip in the 18 years of his papacy, John Paul plans to meet the leaders and bishops of the tiny former Yugoslav republic. He also will celebrate Mass in the cathedral of the capital Ljubljana and at the airport of Maribor, Slovenia's second-largest city, near the Austrian border. A serious theme likely to come up is the four-year war in Bosnia, another former Yugoslav republic. Until NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. and a peace agreement quelled quell tr.v. quelled, quell·ing, quells 1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot. 2. the fighting last year, calls for an end to the war were a fixture in the pope's speeches and diplomatic efforts. The Polish pope preached strongly for peace and reconciliation among his fellow Slavs during a September 1994 visit to Croatia, also a former Yugoslav republic. Security concerns forced him to cancel a visit that year to Sarajevo, Bosnia's capital. |
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