Pope wraps up gruelling 100th foreign pilgrimage

Pope John Paul wrapped up his gruelling 100th foreign pilgrimage today with a stop in Zadar, a hotbed of nationalism where locals revere a fugitive general wanted on war crimes charges.

Pope John Paul wrapped up his gruelling 100th foreign pilgrimage today with a stop in Zadar, a hotbed of nationalism where locals revere a fugitive general wanted on war crimes charges.

John Paul’s motorcade took him past a giant poster of Army Gen Ante Gotovina with the words, “A hero, not a war criminal.”

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