2000

The year 2000 was the last year of the 20th century.
==Events==
* Lutheranism is disestablished in Sweden.
* At its General Conference, the United Methodist Church decided not to recognize Latter-day Saint baptism.
* Pope John Paul II meets with the Coptic pope and the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria in Egypt.
* Pope John Paul II publicly endorses the Jubilee 2000 campaign on African debt relief fronted by Irish rock stars Bob Geldof and Bono. It was reported that during this period, U2's recording sessions were repeatedly interrupted by phone calls from the pope, wanting to discuss the campaign with Bono.
* Rowan Williams (later Archbishop of Canterbury) is enthroned as Archbishop of Wales.
* March: Pope John Paul II visits Yad Vashem, the Israeli national Holocaust memorial, and touches Western Wall in Jerusalem.
* March: Orthodox Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny is canonized by both the Orthodox of America and the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America as Saint Raphael of Brooklyn.
* March 12: Pope John Paul II apologizes for the sins of Catholics throughout the ages, for violating "the rights of ethnic groups and peoples, and [for showing] contempt for their cultures and religious traditions."
* November: The Harlem Globetrotters visit Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, naming the Pontiff an Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.
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