JERUSALEM: LATIN PATRIARCHATE OPENS DOORS FOR CONDOLENCES FOR THE LATE POPE JOHN PAUL II

Record ID: 647552

  • Title: JERUSALEM: LATIN PATRIARCHATE OPENS DOORS FOR CONDOLENCES FOR THE LATE POPE JOHN PAUL II
  • Date: 6th April 2005
  • Summary: (W3) JERUSALEM (APRIL 05, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. LAS EXTERIOR OF LATIN PATRIARCHATE; MV VISITORS WALKING INTO PATRIARCHATE 0.12 2. OVERHEAD VIEW OF NUNS SIGNING BOOK OF CONDOLENCES 0.16 3. MV LATIN PATRIARCH, MICHEL SABBAH BEING OFFERED CONDOLENCES BY NUNS; PEOPLE PAYING CONDOLENCES 0.46 4. SCU/MV GRAND MUFTI OF JERUSALEM AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SHEIKH IKRIMA SABRI, ARRIVES AT CONDOLENCES HALL; PATRIARCH ACCEPTING CONDOLENCES BY ISLAMIC LEADERS; PEOPLE SITTING AT CONDOLENCES HALL 1.17 5. MV GRAND MUFTI SABRI SIGNING BOOK OF CONDOLENCES; MV SABRI AND SABBAH SHAKING HANDS 1.32 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GRAND MUFTI OF JERUSALEM AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SHEIKH IKRIMA SABRI, SAYING: "We came in the name of the Higher Islamic Council to offer our condolences, for the death of the Pope and to reaffirm the close ties between the Muslims and the Christians." 1.48 7. LAS TILT DOWN EXTERIOR OF LATIN PATRIARCHATE/PEOPLE LEAVING 2.01 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st April 2005 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVAF1222YZ4U24JJ1ML70XSRRWDU
  • Story Text: Jerusalem's Latin Patriarchate opens doors for
    condolences for Pope John Paul II.

    The Latin Patriarchate opened its doors, at the
    ancient east Jerusalem Old City complex, on Tuesday (April
    5, 2005) to hundreds of mourners who asked to pay respects to
    Pope John Paul II.

    Mourners of different denominations and religions
    walked through the cobble stone alleyways of the Old City
    to pay respects to Michael Sabbah, the Latin Patriarch of
    Israel and the Palestinian territories.

    The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian
    territories, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, headed a delegation of
    the Higher Islamic Council, who paid their respects by
    offering condolences and signing the condolences book.

    "We came in the name of the Higher Islamic Council to
    offer our condolences, for the death of the Pope, and to
    reaffirm the close ties between the Muslims and the
    Christians," Sheikh Sabri told Reuters.

    The book of condolences was signed by various people of
    many faiths who speak different languages and was
    appropriately presented under a picture of the late Pope,
    John Paul II, decorated by a black ribbon symbolizing
    mourning.

    Sabbah, the highest authority of the Catholic Church in
    Israel and the Palestinian territories, had said the Pope,
    who visited a Palestinian refugee camp near Bethlehem five
    years ago, had shown that "respect for human dignity" was
    fundamental to resolving the Middle East conflict.

    At the age of 79 and already ailing, the Pontiff
    embarked on a gruelling seven-day millennium pilgrimage to
    Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan in March
    2000 that took him to the very roots of the Roman Catholic
    faith.

    For Palestinian Christians the Popes' visit to the
    cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, during the Bethlehem
    2000 celebrations is remembered as a show of great support.

    For the Palestinian Muslims during his visit, the Pope
    offered historical apologies for the destruction and death
    endured by the Muslims during the crusader invasion of the
    area.

    John Paul was the third longest-serving pope in 2,000
    years of Christianity.


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