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There is a very long practice in the Catholic Church that popes do not go to synagogues, or mosques for that matter.

100% false. Please try again. Pope do not go unless INVITED, which would be more than a little bit rude. When they are invited, they absolutely DO go. JP2 hit a number of mosques and synagogues, including one here in NYC. Please try again.

133 posted on 05/13/2009 9:34:32 PM PDT by presidio9 ("a stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world," -Lucy Pevensie)

You prove my point for me. JP2 was the first pope to visit a synagogue in 1900 years. You are trying to make this sound like a pope visiting a synagogue is as common as breathing air. It is not a routine practice. And I think this has only happened four times--twice by JP2 and twice by BXVI. Four times in 1900 years, and all of those within the last few years. No there is a common historical trend in Catholic practice!.