| | Irish Times Article - Pope John Paul notches up 100th trip with Croatian visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | In his time, Pope John Paul II has made his share of dramatic entrances. |
 | | Yet as he cruised into the port of Rijeka aboard the Jadrolinija catamaran, Judita, at the start of an epoch-marking 100th overseas pastoral visit yesterday evening, it was hard to imagine one more cinematic. |
 | | To the accompaniment of a heavy security presence and cheering crowds, and against the backdrop of the jagged Croatian coastline on a warm Adriatic evening, the 83-year-old Pope was once again defying his all-too-obviously frail health to walk proudly across the world stage. |
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