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A 'FRESH CHAPTER' FOR POLISH CATHOLICS, JEWS
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A 1986 visit to Poland by Catholics and Jews from Greater
Boston has resulted in the first conference on Catholic-Jewish
relations ever sponsored by the church in Poland.
Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, Pope John Paul's successor as
archbishop of Krakow, opened the weeklong conference late last
month at his residence.
"Your presence here . . . opens a new and fresh chapter in the
history of Jewish-Christian relations in Poland," Cardinal
Macharski told participants.
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