POPE JOHN PAUL II: ARRIVAL [FROM CAMEROON] AT JAN SMUTS AIRPORT; SPEECH ON TARMAC BY MANDELA

Record ID: 893418

  • Title: POPE JOHN PAUL II: ARRIVAL [FROM CAMEROON] AT JAN SMUTS AIRPORT; SPEECH ON TARMAC BY MANDELA
  • Date: 16th September 1995
  • Summary: POPE JOHN PAUL II: ARRIVAL [FROM CAMEROON] AT JAN SMUTS AIRPORT; SPEECH ON TARMAC BY MANDELA
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  • City: JOHANNESBURG
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 95SEP16V01
  • Story Text:POPE JOHN PAUL II: ARRIVAL [FROM CAMEROON] AT JANì
    SMUTS AIRPORT; SPEECH ON TARMAC BY MANDELA & THEì
    POPE

    15.57.37 PLANE ON TARMAC
    16.15.42 POPE GETTING OFF PLANE
    16.16.58 KISING BASKET OF SOIL HELD BY CHILDREN
    16.17.41 SHAKING HANDS WITH MANDELA
    16.19.43 PRESIDENTIAL GUARD
    16.20.41 MANDELA & POPE ON PODIUM
    16.20.57 MANDELA SPEECH
    16.21.18 ...to say the visit is long overdue is toì
    pay tribute to your own abhorrence of the systemì
    of Apartheid. You delayed your visit to thisì
    country because you viewed with disdain a systemì
    that treated God's children as lesser human beings
    16.21.48 but your message of hope, peace justice &ì
    democracy reached us in its forcefulness...
    16.22.38 ...today we greet you as a free nation inì
    which the rights & dignity of all people & inì
    which religious freedom & tolerance are recognisedì
    & promoted...
    16.22.57 ...we are delighted that Sa's long waitì
    is finally over & it is especially auspicious thatì
    the primary purpose of your visit is to presideì
    over the closing ceremony of the special Sinod ofì
    African Bishops...
    16.24.09 ...people of other faiths have come toì
    admire the compassion that has characterised yourì
    papacy, in particular your commitment toì
    poverty-stricken & the deprived, has touchedì
    people of goodwill everywhere...
    16.25.28 RE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ESTABLISHED WITHì
    VATICAN [5/3/94]
    16.26.05 SHAKING HANDS WITH POPE
    16.26.26 POPE SPEECH
    16.26.38 ...FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART - THANKFUL
    16.27.05 ...I come to SA with profound esteem forì
    its peoples & their cultures. I'm fully confidentì
    that the bonds of friendship between SA & the Holyì
    City....will continue to grow & intensify...
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