Pope John Paul II Cultural Center

Pope John Paul II Cultural Center

The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center is a Roman Catholic museum and think tank in Washington, D.C. The concept for the center began at a meeting between Pope John Paul II and then-Bishop Adam Maida in 1988. The convert|100000|sqft|m2|sing=on building is set on 12 acres (4.9 ha) adjacent to the Catholic University of America and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The center was opened to the public in a ceremony in March 2001, attended by President George W. Bush, several cardinals, members of Congress and other dignitaries.

The Center's original purpose was to explore the intersection of faith and culture through interactive displays, academic discussion and research, and museum exhibits. It has gone through several periods of difficulty and layoffs, with the most recent in May 2006 seeing the dismissal of almost 90% of its staff, and in June 2006, the replacement of its second executive director in less than two years. The Cultural Center is now in a period of reorganization, abandoning its art museum and emphasizing its original goal of exploring faith and culture in an academic context.

Pope Benedict XVI met with about 200 representatives of Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism gathered at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center on April 17, 2008. [ [http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802110.htm CNS STORY: Pope meets interreligious leaders, says dialogue discovers truth ] ]

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* [http://www.jp2cc.org/ Pope John Paul II Cultural Center]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021100843_pf.html "D.C. Papal Museum Struggles For Financial Foothold, Focus: 5-Year-Old Catholic Center Facing Debt, Low Attendance"] "Washington Post" (February 12, 2006)
* [http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006603160555 "Papal center’s spiral costly"] "Detroit Free Press" (March 16, 2006)
* [http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/NEWS05/603160554 "Papal center problems"] "Detroit Free Press" (March 16, 2006)
* [http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2006a/030306/030306za.htm "Of Business Practices and accountability"] "National Catholic Reporter" (March 3, 2006)
* [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060225/NEWS05/602250348/-1/BUSINESS07 "How can Maida salvage his $75 million gamble?"] "Detroit Free Press" (February 25, 2006)
* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0602200174feb20,1,4809344.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed "DC Catholic center falling shy of vision"] "Chicago Tribune" (February 20, 2006)
* [http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aID=/20060219/LIFESTYLE04/602190382/1041/LIFESTYLE "Detroit archdiocese investment goes sour"] "Detroit News" (February 19, 2006)
* [http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2006a/021706/021706k.php "Maida says JPII Center received $40 million from Detroit"] "National Catholic Reporter" (February 17, 2006)
* [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060204/NEWS05/602040306/-1/BUSINESS07 "Maida letter details DC site debt"] "Detroit Free Press" (February 4, 2006)
* [http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2006a/021006/021006h.php "Financially strapped Archdiocese subsidizes troubled Center"] "National Catholic Reporter" (February 10, 2006)


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