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HOLY CROSS at DARTMOUTH--You've got to love making the animals in Hanover feel like pasture decoration. In the spirit of John Paul II's American visit: Holy Cross...
...effect of the Pope's visit on Boston is equally difficult to predict. "For Roman Catholics, the effect happened before he came--in the enthusiasm and encouragement displayed in the numbers of people who showed up and stayed for the Mass. The Pope's visit will bring a spark of life to them," Rimkus said...
Whether this visit will, in the long run, encourage more Catholics to attend Mass is doubtful, Rimkus said. "More people were in church when John F. Kennedy was killed than at any other time, so quite possibly attendance will rise," he added...
...Pope's visit might be a catalyst for growth in the intensity of Catholicism in America, but Rimkus added, "It will take a lot more factors than a Pope's visit for people to decide whether to join the Church...
...Pope's visit to Poland in June, however, had a considerable emotional hold on that country, George H. Williams, Hollis Professor of Divinity, said Monday. Williams returned last week from a month-long trip to Poland, where he conducted interviews for a book he is writing about the Pope...