38.23% 93% Intergraph 6% 6% melLenS hoe 1 Nee he I4% lnlergioup SS 2H 14 WA A intoSysin NA+ Vatican Exhibit Celebrates Pope John Paul Il’s 25th Anniversary (NAPSA)—As Pope John Paul II marks his 25 years as pope, a year-long celebration of his Silver Jubilee kicks off in the nation’s capital with a series of exclusive Vatican documentary photo exhibits at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center. The rarely seen photos offer a stunning panorama of an extraordinary pontiff. The exhibit photographs, many of which have never been seen before, were selected from more than three million photographs in the archives of L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s official newspaper. The exhibit series, At the Altar of the World, takes its title and theme from Pope John Paul II’s latest encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, illustrating the Holy Father’s devotion to the Eucharist. “The images present a stun- ning panoramaof this extraordinary pontiff and bring to life the Holy Father’s pastoral ministry,” said Father G. Michael Bugarin, executive director of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center. “These rarely seen photographs give testimony to the role of the Eucharist in the life of Pope John PaulII.” The photo exhibits, which will run through November 7, 2004, are the centerpiece of several events celebrating the Pope’s Silver Jubilee.
