[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 86 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S6260]
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  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 128--URGING THE NOBEL COMMISSION TO AWARD THE 
   NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE TO HIS HOLINESS, POPE JOHN PAUL II, FOR HIS 
           DEDICATION TO FOSTERING PEACE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

  Mr. SANTORUM submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                            S. Con. Res. 128

       Whereas His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, has worked 
     tirelessly and as much as any other world leader to bring 
     peace to regions of the world which have known strife, 
     intolerance, and violence for far too long;
       Whereas His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, knows the 
     persecution of oppression, having studied for the priesthood 
     in secrecy and having seen those he grew up with killed and 
     victimized due to the Nazi Occupation, and later witnessing 
     firsthand the communist subjugation of his native Poland;
       Whereas His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, since his 
     installment as Cardinal of the Church, has traveled more 
     extensively throughout the world than any predecessor, 
     spreading his message of peace, religious freedom, and human 
     dignity;
       Whereas His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, was instrumental 
     in the demise of communism in his native Poland, which in 
     turn fostered the spread of democracy throughout the world;
       Whereas His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, has reached out in 
     an unprecedented manner to people of other beliefs and 
     religions to establish a dialog which may lead to greater 
     understanding, healing, and harmony, including praying for 
     unity among Christian churches, reaching out towards a 
     reconciliation with the Jewish people, and specifically 
     acknowledging those times the Catholic Church has failed to 
     act in accordance with its teachings;
       Whereas in March of this year, His Holiness, Pope John Paul 
     II, led a historic pilgrimage to the Middle East, including 
     Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories, preaching 
     coexistence, peace, tolerance, and goodwill throughout this 
     historically conflicted territory; and
       Whereas His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, has used his 
     position as a world leader to become the foremost voice to 
     foster ties of brotherhood and for the promotion of peace and 
     reconciliation in the world today: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Congress urges the Nobel Commission to 
     award the Nobel Prize for Peace to His Holiness, Pope John 
     Paul II.

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