Christianity's top representative will visit the Holy Land before the millennium, Rome's chief rabbi said today. "The pope told me and he promised me: 'Before the year 2000 I will make a trip to Jerusalem,'" Rabbi Elio Toaff told reporters. John Paul, who has standing invites from Israel and Yasser Arafat, has often said that he wishes to visit Holy Land sites as part of celebrations leading up to the start of Christianity's third millennium.
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Christianity's top representative will visit the Holy Land before the millennium, Rome's chief rabbi said today. "The pope told me and he promised me: 'Before the year 2000 I will make a trip to Jerusalem,'" Rabbi Elio Toaff told reporters. John Paul, who has standing invites from Israel and Yasser Arafat, has often said that he wishes to visit Holy Land sites as part of celebrations leading up to the start of Christianity's third millennium.
