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...mood of picnicking and celebration carried over into Wednesday as John Paul arrived in Cardiff, Wales. His final Mass of the tour drew a turnout of 100,000 at Pontcanna Fields, the largest Christian gathering the city had ever witnessed. The peacemaking theme remained vivid: "In every place where human blood is shed, and in the power of the blood of Christ, may we find peace, reconciliation and eternal life...
...helicopter. The final stop that night was to be an informal evening chat with the Scottish Catholic hierarchy at George Gordon Cardinal Gray's residence in Glasgow. In the morning, John Paul and his retinue expected to fly to Wales for an open-air Mass at Pontcanna Fields, in Cardiff. They were to conclude their pastoral visit in a final airport ceremony at Cardiff before returning to Rome...
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