Word: pontiff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first journey, the new Pontiff visits Mexico for a critical bishops'conference...
...Virgin of Guadalupe, spiritual center of the nation. Police estimated that 5 million Mexicans congregated in the blazing sun to see the Pope, with 200,000 more outside the Guadalupe basilica. As the oceans of people cheered and waved yellow-and-white (the papal colors) pennants, the Pontiff began a slow parade across the plaza...
...Dominican Republic, the island where the Catholic evangelization of Latin America began. Here the first missionaries to the Americas recited Mass in 1494 during Columbus' second voyage, and here were built the first cathedral and convent in the Western Hemisphere. At the airport, the white-clad Pontiff knelt to kiss the ground. Unexpectedly, four U.S. Cardinals were there to greet him. After a motorcade he celebrated Mass at the main square of Santo Domingo for a crowd of 300,000 or more...
Whatever social policy Pope John Paul will pursue during his reign, that eloquent and emotional passage makes it clear that the Pontiff, who described himself before beginning his Latin American journey as a "traveler of peace and hope," knows well the problems that his church faces in the troubled continent...
...surprise move, the Sacred College of Cardinals concludes the lengthiest conclave of this century by naming Rev. Peter J. Gomes, minister in Memorial Church, as the 265th pontiff. Gomes, the first black, non-Catholic Pope in recent memory, moves to demonstrate his fidelity to the developments in the Church in the past 105 years, and choose the name Leo Pius Benedict Pius Pius John Paul John Paul John Paul I, after his nine immediate predecessors...