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Young People
Visit With The Pope

New York (JTA) — Kalman
Sporn's father did not want
his son to meet with the
pope.
Mr. Sporn, 22, was part of
a delegation of young Chris-
tians and Jews from around
the world who recently
visited Rome, Jerusalem and
Haifa together on a program
sponsored by the Interna-
tional Council of Christians
and Jews.
Mr. Sporn's father has re-
mained suspicious of
Catholics since his experi-
ences in Europe during the
Holocaust.
"My father said,
`Christians kill Jews, and
there's no reason for you to
go,' " said Mr. Sporn.
"But I believe that if any
understanding will be ac-
complished between people I
had to go," said Mr. Sporn,
the only American Jew in
the delegation of six Jews
and 30 Christians.
"I was motivated to go by
my father's experiences."
When Pope John Paul II
met the group on July 2, Mr.
- Sporn told him that he is the
child of a Holocaust survivor
and the pope responded, 'I
thank you for coming,' " said
Mr. Sporn.
"He appeared to me not as
a politician, but as a humble
old man," he said. "I saw a
very sincere human being
with a good heart."
Group members ranged in
age from 20 to 29. The Chris-
tians were Catholic,
Anglican and Protestant.
The Jews, who, aside from
Mr. Sporn were from
England, France Israel and
Sweden, represented the en-
tire range of religious obser-
vance, said Mr. Sporn.
The group visited Rome
from June 30 to July 3, con-
tinued the special young
leadership conference in
Jerusalem through July 11,
and went on to Haifa for the
International Colloquium of
the International Council of
Christians and Jews, which
concluded July 15.
While in Rome the group
stayed at a boarding house
called the House of the Im-
maculate Conception, which
is run by nuns.
There was a crucifix in
each room. When the Jewish
participants took them down
from the walls for the dura-
tion of their visit, the Chris-
tian group members noticed
and asked why.
"I explained that a crucifix

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Pope John Paul II:
Appeared very sincere.

is uncomfortable, that when
I see one I think of how
many Jews were slaugh-
tered at the altar of this
cross, of crusades," said Mr.
Sporn. "It led to discussion.
They were receptive. They
understood."
According to Mr. Sporn,
the discussions were "more
open and honest because we
were novices, not clergy and
academics.
"A lot of highly sensitive
issues were discussed openly
and honestly. And all of us
became friends," said Mr.
Sporn, who is a fourth-year
student at Hunter College.
He hopes to go to rabbinical
school after graduating.
"The trip enabled me to
understand that the world is
peopled by various religions
and societies, and that we all
have the responsibility to
work together for a common
good," said Mr. Sporn.

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