Catholic World News News Feature
Pope salutes new chapel on Mount of the Beatitudes January 19, 2004
Pope John Paul II sent a special message to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, saluting the dedication of the "Domus Galilaeae" chapel on the site where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount.
In his message to Patriarch Michel Sabbah-- dated January 6, but made public only January 17-- the Pope recalled his own trip to the Holy Land in March 2000, during which he celebrated Mass at the Mount of the Beatitudes for a congregation of about 100,000.
The "Domus Galilaeae" chapel, a project begun in 1999 under the sponsorship of the NeoCatechumenate, is designed to serve as a retreat center and house of formation for priests and religious.
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