Reuters quote of the day, April 2

London, Apr 1 (Reuters) Following is a notable quote from history. ''Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.

-- Pope John Paul II, in a 1988 letter to George V Coyne, the director of the Vatican Observatory. The Polish-born Pope, who headed the Roman Catholic Church for 26 years and played a crucial role in the fall of communism in Europe, died on April 2, 2005.

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