"How happy I am to be able to speak directly to you today in this great Cathedral! The building itself is an eloquent witness both to our long years of common inheritance and to the sad years of division that followed."
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John Paul II, Pastoral Visit to Great Britain, Eccumenical Celebration in Canterbury Cathedral, Homily of John Paul II (29 May 1982) Press Office of the Holy See
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