{"id":9762,"date":"2021-11-01T11:46:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/?p=9762"},"modified":"2021-11-01T11:46:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:46:20","slug":"bridging-a-divided-world-through-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/01\/bridging-a-divided-world-through-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridging a Divided World Through Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 28 Saint Peter\u2019s University hosted a conversation between Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark; and Sir Gilbert Levine, an American conductor who came to be known as the \u201cPope\u2019s Maestro\u201d due to his relationship with Pope John Paul II. The event, Living Friendship and Community in a Divided World, was held as part of the John Tagliabue \u201967, H \u201905 Lecture Series.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 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