John Paul II Trips to
Ukraine

Eastern Europe:

        Ukraine: June 2001
      The Pope made a five-day trip to the Ukraine, the home of six million Catholics. His visit was strongly protested by the Orthodox Church in this former region of the Soviet Union, where clashes between Western and Eastern Christianity are rife. Despite John Paul's efforts, some Orthodox Church leaders refused to meet with him, pointing to church property and other disputes between the Orthodox and Catholics in Ukraine.

    Greece, Syria, Malta, May 4-5, 2001

    Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 12, 1997

    Bulgaria, May 23-26, 2002:    

    Albania, April 25, 1993

    Romania, May 7, 1999: The Pope made a three-day trip to Romania, the first mainly Orthodox country visited by a Roman pontiff in nearly 1,000 years.       In the picture, John Paul II and Romanian's Orthodox Christian Patriarch Teoctist arrive at Izvor Park in Bucharest where the Mass celebrated by the Pope was attended by 200,000 persons.

    Hungary, Aug. 1991, Sept. 6, 1996: The Pope has visited Hungary twice: once as part of a weeklong tour including Poland and once during a two-day trip solely to Hungary.

    Czech Republic, April 21, 1990, May 20, 1995, April 25, 1997: Pope John Paul II made three dedicated visits to the Czech Republic

    Slovakia, Sept. 11, 2003: The Pope begins a four-day visit to Slovakia. - June 30, 1995: The Pope made a four-day tour of Slovakia.    

    Slovenia, May 17, 1996, Sept. 19, 1999: The Pope has made two visits to Slovenia since the tiny nation broke with the old Yugoslavia and triggered war in 1991. The Vatican was the first state in the world to recognize Slovenia's independence.

Mass at the Hippodrome

John Paul with the President, Leonid Kruchma
 

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