CZECH REPUBLIC OFFERS A CONCERT TO THE HOLY FATHER

VATICAN CITY, OCT 22, 2000 (VIS) - This evening in the Paul VI Hall, the Holy Father attended a concert offered by the Czech Republic for the Jubilee. The choir of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Brno sang Franz Liszt's 'Christus.'

At the end of the concert, John Paul II expressed his thanks to Milos Zeman, Czech prime minister, and to other Czech authorities present at the event as well as to the conductor and members of the choir and orchestra.

"This evening's singular spiritual experience," said the Holy Father, "induces me to express the hope that the dignity of art and the heritage handed down to us by past generations may introduce man in the new millennium to a renewed contemplation of evangelical truth, which is the only guarantee for the construction of a new civilization, one founded on the respect for all people and cultures."

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