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He was a poet, a teacher, a diplomat and a champion for human rights around the world. At the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center's big-money, black-tie fundraising dinner at the National Building Museum Wednesday night, the late pontiff was held up as, in the words of his friend and biographer Lena Allen-Shore, "not just a pope, but a great human being."
The diverse crowd of 500 supporters, many of whom paid $1,000 and up to attend what may become the center's first annual "Legacy Dinner," emphasized the man not as the saint he may become but as recent history's most significant emissary for international peace and understanding.See the full content of this document
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Celebrating John Paul Ii
Laila Al-Qatami, director of communications for the American- Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), said that w...
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