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The
PLAIN TAUTH December 1979
BEHIND
THE
POPE'
S
HISTORIC
VISIT
TO
AMERICA
Millions of people were
swept off their f eet by the
magnetic personality of John
Pau/ 11. After on/y one
year in office the Polish pope
is emerging as the moral
leader of the hero-starved
Western wor/d. Where does
he go from here?
by
Gene H. Hogberg
I
t was one of the most
extraordinary weeks in Amer ican
history. Rarely had any
individual, visitor or native,
commanded such crowds.
Everywhere Pope John Paul 11
went-to Boston, New York City,
Philadelphia, Des Moines, Chicago,
THE POPE'S WHIRLWIND TOUR
OF AMERICA
(counterclockwise from
top nght): Vendor sells souvenirs
(mcluding ' pope buttons'J on !he Mal/
m Washmgton, D.C.; John Paul 11
IS
welcomed by President and Mrs.
Carter and Vice-President and Mrs.
Mondale at the White House; /he
ponf¡ff delwers an address lo lhe UN
General Assembly m New York; he
greets tumultuous crowds m
motorcade in Boston; the pope is
greeted at the Umted Nations
Secretanat buíldmg by U.N. Secretary–
General Kurt Waldheím.
C/Ockwloe lrom top teh: Otl'ck tMiotH d-LJ•I•on.
a.ne
HoQb.,Q-PT.
GIMe
HogberQ-PT. Ste... Lln-L'-Ioon,
Loe/ton-Liaison, FavtHty -L'-Ioon (CfMier)
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