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Pope John Paul II, welcomed to the Great Synagogue of Rome by Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff in 1986
Today, January 17, 2021, is precisely 20 years since Pope John Paul II gave a remarkable General Audience, warning about mankind’s disastrous relationship with nature. Man is no longer the Creator’s steward, the Pope said, but an “autonomous despot”. The Pope chose to give his General Audience on Italy’s “Jewish-Christian Friendship Day”.