Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Relațiile dintre România și Vatican" in Romanian language version.
John Paul II's three-day visit in Bucharest, which ended today, is the first Papal trip to a predominantly Orthodox country in more than 1,000 years, a bold mission to mend the breach between the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity.
Pope John Paul II has attended an Orthodox liturgy on the final day of a three-day visit to Romania. It is the first time a pope has ever attended an Orthodox service. He embraced the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Bucharest's Union Square before a congregation of 50,000 worshippers. In doing so, the 78-year-old pontiff made history as the first pope ever to attend an Orthodox service.
