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The unprecedented pilgrim
age to the Holy Land by Pop
Paul VI will be made in thu
first 10 days Of January, Vat
lean spokesman said today
Jews and Arabs alike welcomed
the news.
The Pope is expected to breal
q second precedent by making
the trip by plane. No Pontifl
has flown before, although a:
q cardinal Pope Paul frequently
used planes.
Christian and Jewish leaders
around the world praised the
Pope's decision to make the pill
grimage, coming at a time
when the Catholic church has
taken steps toward Christian
unity.
King HuSsein, Moslem mon
arch of Jordan, announced
that the Pope would be his per-
sonal guest. A spokesman for
Israel's Embassy in Rome said,
I'VE are waiting impatiently to
be contacted by the Vatican"
Both the Israeli and Jordan
Embassies said no visas will be
required.
Officials Hasten Home
The pontiff will be visiting
q Holy Land long divided by
the hostility of Arabs and Jews.
In his surprise announcement
at the end of the Vatican Ecu
menical Councils second ses-
sion Wednesday, Pope Paul
said he wanted to make the
pilgrimage ION behalf of peace
among men,"
The 1900 cardinals, arch
bishops. and patriarchs has
tened back to their dioceses
after the councils second two
month session.
The third session of the
council will be held in Septem-
Der, 1864. But the 9-month
recess will be no vacation from
council business for the prel-
ates.
Italian newspapers inter-
preted the Pope's words that he
would visit the holy places
where Christ was born, lived,
died and assembled to heaven"
as meaning he would go to
Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Naza-
reth and the shores Of the Sea
of Galilee.
Flew on Long Trips
Bethlehem and the walled old
city Of Jerusalem are in Jordan.
But Nazareth and the ports of
Galilee associated with the life
of Christ are in Israel.
Vatican sources took it for
granted that the Pope will fly
possibly in Italian President
Antonio Segni's official four
Jet plane with a special chapel
installed. Some Italian news
papers thought he might go by
Italian airliner or-to under
score his peaceful mission
seek the use Of q United Ma
tons plane.
These sources recalled that
the Pope, as Giovanni Battista
Cardinal Montini, always flew
ON his long trips to Africa,
to America and even from his
diocese at Milan to Rome.
1t will be the first time any
ruling pontiff Of the Roman
Catholic church has visited the
Holy Land. 1t also will be the
first time Pope Paul has ever
visited the Holy Land.
His predecessor, Pope John
XIII. visited Palestine in 1899
when he was Angelo Giuseppe
Roncali, apostolic delegate to
IStanbul.
Reflected in Papers
The journey to the Holy Land
will place the Pope in the
midst of the Arab-Jewish
rivalry. This was reflected in
comment from some news
papers in the Middle East.
Said the Moslem newspaper
Saul Al Uruba of Beirut, Leba-
non: Israel, with its ugly
crimes against the Arabs of
Palestine, has become a symbol
Of evil and destruction. If
you. your holiness, have mobil-
lied all efforts for the sake of
peace, then the road to peace
begins in the Holy Land"
Saif Ed Din zuabi. Moslem
mayor of Nazareth, where
Jesus spent much of his early
life. declared the Pope's visit
will help bring Arabs and
Jews nearer and be useful to-
ward a solution of the Arab
Jewish problem"
Jordan's Premier HusSein