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Pope John Paul II appeals for freedom of religion worldwide
Vatican City reports the new pope urged freedom of worship and aid for human causes while signaling it cannot judge other governments. He hinted his first trip abroad would be to Poland, with President Jablonski likely inviting him. The pope also expressed hope for Poland's spiritual and material development in peace and justice.
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Pope John Paul II
Vatican City
John Paul II
Vatican
Poland
Henryk
Jablonski
John Paul
Holy See
Communist Party
Ladislaw Rubin
St. Stanislaus
Stanislaus
Krakow
Boleslaus
Tom
Rome
Rubin
Karol Wojtyla
Wyszynski
Taddeus Pieronek
la Repubblica
Pole
Wojtyla
John Paul I
Paul VI
Kazimierz Kakol
Office of
Church-State Affairs
Warsaw