Pope John Paul II Cultural Center

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The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center is a museum and think tank in Washington, D.C. The Center displays art from the Vatican Museums and interactive museum exhibits about religious faith. It also hosts a research center.

The concept for the center began at a meeting between Pope John Paul II and then-Bishop Adam Maida in 1988. It opened in March 2001 on 12 acres (4.9 ha) adjacent to the Catholic University of America and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

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• Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
• "D.C. Papal Museum Struggles For Financial Foothold, Focus: 5-Year-Old Catholic Center Facing Debt, Low Attendance" Washington Post (February 12, 2006)
• "Papal center’s spiral costly" Detroit Free Press (March 16, 2006)
• "Papal center problems" Detroit Free Press (March 16, 2006)
• "Of Business Practices and accountability" National Catholic Reporter (March 3, 2006)
• "How can Maida salvage his $75 million gamble?" Detroit Free Press (February 25, 2006)
• "DC Catholic center falling shy of vision" Chicago Tribune (February 20, 2006)
• "Detroit archdiocese investment goes sour" Detroit News (February 19, 2006)
• "Maida says JPII Center received $40 million from Detroit" National Catholic Reporter (February 17, 2006)
• "Maida letter details DC site debt" Detroit Free Press (February 4, 2006)
• "Financially strapped Archdiocese subsidizes troubled Center" National Catholic Reporter (February 10, 2006)