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Rarely if ever had the prospect of a foreigner's visit so stirred the country, but then the visit itself had no precedent. His Aer Lingus 747 was to touch down at Boston's Logan Airport-and then John Paul II would be the first Pope in history...
The Pope found equally receptive audiences in New York, Philadelphia, Des Moines and Chicago this week. In New York, an enthusiastic group of high school students presented the delighted pontiff with a sweatshirt and blue jeans and played basketball marches for him.
At the Catholic bishop's residence in Des Moines, two-member teams of parishioners, fortified by hot tea and sandwiches served by nuns, prayed day and night that Pope John Paul II's visit to the U.S. next week will be a success. In Washington's National...
These were all part of the preparations for Pope John Paul's historic, seven-day American tour, which will begin with his arrival in Boston next Monday. He will celebrate Mass at each major stop -Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Des Moines, Chicago and Washington-and visit St. Patrick'...
On the European trip, the advance men's first exposure to the world of diplomacy, they solved their problems by acting as if they were running a political stopover in Des Moines. They paid no attention whatsoever to our ambassadors, many of whom they distrusted as lame-duck Democratic...