The apostolic letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente, released in late November, contains some curiously unrealizable proposals. It is hard to understand what inclines Pope John Paul to think Jews and Muslims will be anxious to celebrate the birth of Jesus by climbing with him up Mount Sinai.
A more practical and indeed exciting proposal made by Tertio Millennio Adveniente is that there should be a continental Synod of the Americas before the year 2000. This was allegedly proposed by ...