The Christian Century, October 9th, 1996
Pope John Paul, II, conducted a four-day visit to France, during which he held an outdoor mass. France is officially a secular country, and the visit ignited a controversy over the Catholic Church's influence in the predominately Catholic country.
POPE JOHN PAUL II ended a four-day visit to France September 22 with an outdoor mass in Rheims in front of 200,000 people. The pontiff's visit added fuel to a heated debate about the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in the officially secular country. The controversy was sparked earlier in the year by plans to mark the 1,500th anniversary of th...
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