Never again war! Never again hatred and intolerance!

 

Never again war! Never again hatred and intolerance!
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Address on arrival at the Sarajevo Airport on 12 April 1997, during the pope's apostolic journey to Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana

 

John Paul II (Pope)

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