European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 231 the stars and stripes wednesday. May 6,1987 Pope pleads for spiritual unification writer and de Metzler Annu Uit City editor Speyer Germany Pope John Paul ii speaking to a crowd of More than 40,000 in front of tie 950-year-old Speyer Cathedral monday afternoon said spiritual Unity not government authority must solve the world s problems. With the mass Ai sever the Pope ended his five Day 1 i City Germany Lour and resumed to Rome. In a Sermon during mass in front of the Speyer Cathedral the Pope traced the history of christianity in Europe. John Paul said the people who reigned when construction of the huge Cathedral was begun knew their Powers Over others did not derive from themselves hut were entrusted to them by modern rulers he said abuse that Power. Absolutist rulers of the modern age however have Laid claim o Powers of government that were completely detached from god and ensued solely from their own John Paul said cooperation not Force would solve Pope John Paul ii blesses two Rinnen from the spey a during he a tuft to that German City. Appow the problems of the increasingly secular world it is not police or military authority not dictatorial measures thai Are Able to resolve fundamental issues remove anxieties and establish an equitable social order the Pope said. Nations will Only find the path to a belter future to world peace and to fruitful Coop Era Ion. On the basis of this guiding principle god wants people to serve him voluntarily not under compulsion. Only on this basis will it be possible to overcome the menacing International confrontations of Stales and alliances and to create a new United Europe from the Atlantic to the ural earlier monday in Augsburg John Paul denounced popular ideas of women s liberation and urged women and youths not to be led astray by false or Short sighted Freedom the associated press reported John Paul s Germany trip his second was relatively quiet. Feminists Gays and greens protested in Cologne thursday and Friday. Friday morning before the Pope beatified Edith Stein in Cologne a Catholic Church outside Cologne was destroyed by a fire. Officials Are not sure what caused the fire. Saturday arsonists burned a lutheran Church in the Bonn suburb of Rottgen police said. The incident look place shortly before the Pope spoke to workers in the Ruhr Valley. After the mass at Speyer the Pope met with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl before flying to Stuttgart to Board a plane for Rome. At the ecumenical service in Augsburg on monday the Pope heard Germany s top protestant Leader Bishop Man in Kiuse blame Church hierarchies for putting up obstacles to Church Unity efforts. Later in Augsburg police said a 41-year-old Man was detained after threatening a bomb attack on the Pope in a Telephone Call to police according to a police official. It was John Paul s 34th foreign pilgrimage since becoming pontiff in 1978. In june he plans to go to his native Poland for i third papal visit there and has scheduled a tour of the United states for september. Odds faces aired fax in Evart 5 a ars stairwells and the foyer but All Dodd number of favo said. There Are no Unel the students in kids have a More Sithey move every t helps with school if a child problem they Sei United slates. States have military Ove Ilion s scrutiny 10 educators United stall operation. Deficiency room with Farac Dtho thing Ihn the Middle of. Operate under api Tancos Schrauer de parents. 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The two hour trip Down the Rhine was sponsored by St. Michael s Catholic Parish which offered a free ride to any member of the military Community who wished to go. About 150 people Znayde the trip including eight guests affiliated with be French forces in Germany according to trip organizer Thomas Mckay. Most passengers were Catholic Mckay said but members of other denominations also made the trip. Many acknowledged that getting to see such a famous Man was a thrill in itself but said the Pope s religious status was More important. To me even if he was t coming i would make an Effort to go to Rome to see him. That s what it Means to me said Lucy Basurto an Elpaso Texas native. Ofelia Barrios said monday s event coincided with the birthday of her 14-year-old daughter who also took the trip. Sec. Robert Osome said he look his older daughter to Sec John Paul 11 when the Pope visited Mainz in 1981. H is younger daughter eighth grader Jennifer got her turn monday. Army sol. Mark Wilson a Baptist from Syracuse,n.v., considered his attendance at the Pope s outdoor mass to be an educational experience "1 have been seriously considering becoming a Catholic. Thai s one of the reasons i m making inc trip he said. His wife Sherry Wilson said her aim was to Sec we body who s his life to being a Christian not Juston and their Episcopalian Friend sol. Scott Tarplee a Tupper Lake n.y., native stationed at Neureul Ca sern said historical tics Between his proc slam religion and catholicism cause him to regard the Pope As an influence in his life. The voyagers arrived too late to gel a Good View of the pontiff As police had barricaded Access to the first few blocks of Maximilia Strasse the Broad Street which leads to the Speyer Cathedral where the Pope said mass. But Hii voice rang clearly through the loudspeakers which Hua from buildings All along the Street the trip Home took four hours because the boat moves upstream Only half As fast As it does Down Stream but that did t bother Rosa Valero of Paul Revere Village. This was maybe my Only Chance to see the head of the Catholic religion she said. Ass photo in Jokipii own of the Rhine River pilgrimage clings to a or Street sign tit get a better View of the Pope
