Word: paul
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...each of John Paul's stops on this tour, local officials were hard pressed to cope with the intense public demand for a chance to see him. In Boston, authorities worried about paralyzing traffic jams and decided to ban automobiles on the city's major downtown thoroughfares...
Chicago planned to close virtually its entire Loop, about 80 square blocks, to incoming traffic while the Pope was in town. In the nation's capital, the 7,000 or so tickets issued by the White House for two presidential receptions in John Paul's honor were the most sought after invitations in years...
...heavily Catholic Boston, the Protestant Massachusetts Council of Churches and Jewish groups donated money to help the Catholic archdiocese pay for the visit. Among the gifts for John Paul: a matching silver ring and pectoral cross bearing the message UT UNAM SIMUS (that...
...John Paul, the tour was an opportunity to encourage American Catholics to tackle the social and religious problems that he considers most disturbing in Western society. Predicted a Vatican official on the eve of the trip: "The Pope is a born leader, and he will offer the American people the leadership for which they hunger...
...Mass on the Washington Mall on his last Sunday in the U.S., John Paul is expected to express his profound concern about the disintegration of family life everywhere, especially in the U.S. He is disturbed about the prevalence of divorce and the ease with which Catholics can obtain annulments from American church authorities. He is distressed by the widespread use of artificial birth control among U.S. Catholics, and he regards abortion as a violation of human rights...